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Why d is written while writing the name of glucose?

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In a sugar, the D or L designation refers to the configuration of the chiral carbon farthest from the aldehyde or keto group. This is C-5 in glucose. In a Fischer projection, the highest numbered chiral carbon has the OH group pointing to the right.

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