Question

In fructose the possible optical isomers are

Answer 1

Fructose is a simple monosaccharide, which is usually found in plants. It forms bonds with glucose molecules to form disaccharides. ... A maximum of 2ⁿ optical isomers can occur for a molecule, where 'n' is the number of chiral centers. Since there are 4 chiral centers in fructose, it should have 2⁴ = 16 optical isomers.