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Fructose on reduction gives a mixture of two alcohols which are related as

Options

  1. Adiastereomers
  2. Bepimers
  3. Cboth (a) and (b)
  4. Danomers.

Correct answer

C. both (a) and (b)

Step-by-step solution

Ketoses on reduction produce a new chiral carbon leading to the formation of two isomeric alcohols which are diastereomeric as well as C -2 epimers.

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