Question

The number of chiral carbon in glucose is

Answer 1

Chiral carbon

• A chiral carbon atom is a carbon atom that is attached to four different types of atoms or groups of atoms.

Number of chiral carbon in glucose

• The structure of glucose is as follows:-

• Because they all have four different substituents attached to them, the middle four carbon atoms in the chain are chiral.
• In the last carbon, two hydrogens are attached. So, this is not chiral.
• The number of chiral carbon in glucose is $4$.