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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

The term anomers of glucose refer to
(1) isomers of glucose that differ in configu­rations at carbons one and four(C-land C-4)
(2) a mixture of (D)-glucose and (L)-glucose
(3) enantiomers of glucose
(4) isomers of glucose that differ in configuration at carbon one (C-l)

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
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An anomer is an epimer at the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon in a cyclic saccharide, an atom called the anomeric carbon. Anomer is an example of a stereoisomer. The carbon atom at position 1 is anomeric.
Hence option (4) is the answer.


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