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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

What is the number of possible optical isomers in glucose?

Answer: (D)

Solution

Open-chain glucose (an aldohexose) has four stereocenters (C2, C3, C4, C5), giving 2⁴ = 16 possible

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