Fundamentals of Organic ChemistryChemistryBiomolecules
-D-glucose and -D-glucose are:
Options
- AC ₂ -epimers
- Benantiomers
- CC ₃ -epimers
- Danomers
Correct answer
D. anomers
Step-by-step solution
-D-glucose and -D-glucose are cyclic hemiacetal forms of D-glucose. They differ only in the spatial arrangement of the hydroxyl group at the first carbon atom (C1), which is known as the anomeric carbon. Stereoisomers that differ in configuration only at the anomeric carbon are called anomers. Answer: anomers