Question

4. The number of chiral carbons in pyranose form of glucose is
a) 3
b) 4
c) 6​

Answer 1

Answer:

sugars in the six-membered, pyranose ring configu- ration have five chiral centres at carbons 1 to 5 (Fig. 1A). The chiral centres at carbons 2 to 4 determine the identity of the sugar. For example, the two possible stereoisomers at carbon 4 are glucose and galactose.

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