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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

number of chiral carbons in fructose and what are the charactersticss of electrophilic substitution

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6 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
6 Years ago
Dear student
We need to identify those carbon atoms in glucose. Solve Carbons 2, 3, 4, and 5 each have four different groups attached to them: Thus, there are four chiral carbon atoms in the glucose molecule. How many chiral carbon atoms are there in the open-chain form of fructose
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