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Chemical Properties of Glucose

D-glucose and...

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D-glucose and L-glucose are examples of :

A

diastereomers

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B

enantiomers

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C

anomers

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D

epimers

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Solution

The correct option is B enantiomers
D-glucose and L-glucose are examples of enantiomers.

They are non superimposable mirror images of each other.

Option B is correct.

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