CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceChemistry10. Biomolecules1 Mark
MCQ
$\alpha -D-$ Glucose and $\beta -D-$ Glucose are
A
Position isomer
✓
Anomers
C
Enantiomer
D
Acetals
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
Anomers
b $\alpha$-D-glucose and $\beta$-D-glucose is example of anomers An Anomer of a saccharide only differs in its structure at the anomeric carbon. Anomeric carbon being the functional group of the carbohydrate, which is usually the carboxyl group attached to it.Epimeres, differ at only one chiral center, not the anomeric carbon.
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