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NEET 2004 Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesNEET 2004

Number of chiral carbons in -D-(+)-glucose is :-

Answer: (4)

Solution

-D-(+)-Glucose exists as the six-membered pyranose ring. Carbons C-1 (anomeric carbon, bonded to OH, H, ring O and C-2), C-2, C-3, C-4 and C-5 each carry four different groups, so

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