The simplest carbohydrate which shows stereochemistry is ________.

glyceraldehyde

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glucose

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fructose

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lactose

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Solution

The correct option is A glyceraldehyde
Glyceraldehyde is the simplest carbohydrate which shows stereochemistry.
It has one chiral carbon bonded to $- C H O, - O H, - H,$ and $- C H_{2} O H$ .

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