Question

Statement: Epimers are a pair of diastereomers that differ only in the configuration about a single carbon atom.

State whether the given statement is true or false.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Epimers are a pair of diastereomers that differ only in the configuration about a single carbon atom is true.

Epimer refers to one of a pair of stereoisomers. The two isomers differ in configuration at only one stereogenic centre.

Hence, the given statement is $\text{true}$