JEE Main Chemistry question

The correct statement about the compounds (A) methyl tartrate-acid Fischer projection, (B) its mirror-image positional variant, and (C) a diastereomeric OH-arrangement, is

(A)(A) and (B) are identical
(B)(A) and (B) are diastereomers
(C)(A) and (C) are enantiomers
(D)(A) and (B) are enantiomersCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

(A) and (B) are drawn as the mirror-image arrangement of the same substitution pattern (ester/acid termini and both OH stereocenters inverted

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Question ID VK-139188