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Number of optical isomers of glucose is:

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8
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16
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32
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4
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Solution

The correct option is B 16
Number of optical isomers of glucose is 16.
Glucose contains 4 chiral C atoms.
Hence, the number of optical isomers is 2n=24=16.

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