Question

What are anomers. Short give answer

Answer 1

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$\huge\text{\underline{Anomers:}}$


⚫They are cyclic monosaccharides or glycosides.


⚫Anomers are the two cyclic hemiacetal compounds of glucose differ only in the configuration of the hydroxyl group at C1.


$\sf{\underline{Note:}}$

⚫First carbon atom of glucose.


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Answer 2

An anomer is a type of geometric variation found at certain atoms in carbohydrate molecules. An epimer is a stereoisomer that differs in configuration at any single stereogenic center. An anomer is an epimer at the hemiacetal/acetal carbon in a cyclic saccharide, an atom called the anomeric carbon.