Pick up the correct statement from the following:

Glucose exists in two different crystalline forms,

α - D -

glucose and

β - D -

glucose.

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Cyclic structure of

α - D -

glucose and

β - D -

glucose is called pyranose structure.

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α - D -

-glucose and

β - D -

glucose are enantiomers.

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Cellulose is a straight chain polysaccharide made up of only

β

- glucose units.

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Solution

The correct option is C $α - D -$ -glucose and $β - D -$ glucose are enantiomers.
$α$ -D-glucose and $β$ -D-glucose are enantiomers.

The $α$ -D-glucose and $β$ -D-glucose are stereoisomers related to each other as non-superimposable mirror images and thus, both are enantiomers.

Cellulose is a straight chain polysaccharide made up of only d -glucose units.

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