Single Choice

Glucose and mannose are:

Aoptical isomers
Banomers
Cepimers
Correct Answer
Dfunctional isomers

Solution

Epimers are a specific type of stereoisomer that have multiple stereocenters but only differ from one another by the configuration at one of the stereogenic centers (Chiral carbon centers). Glucose and mannose differ from each other by the configuration at C-2 (the second carbon atom). So, they are Epimers of each other. Option C is correct.


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