Question

The term of anomer of glucose refers to:

• A. isomers of glucose that differ in configuration at carbon one and four (C - 1 and C - 4)
• B. a mixture of D-glucose and L - Lactose
• C. enantiomers of glucose
• D. isomers of glucose that differ in configuration at carbon one (C - 1)

Answer 1

The correct option is D isomers of glucose that differ in configuration at carbon one (C - 1)

Anomers are diastereoisomers of cyclic forms of sugars or similar molecules differing in the configuration at the anomeric carbon (C-1 atom of an aldose or the C-2 atom of a 2-ketose). The cyclic forms of carbohydrates can exist in two forms, α- and β- based on the position of the substituent at the anomeric center.