JEE Main Chemistry question

[BCECE 2007] Methyl α-D-glucoside and methyl β-D-glucoside are

(A)Epimers
(B)AnomersCorrect
(C)Enantiomers
(D)Conformational diastereomers

Answer: (B)

Solution

Methyl α-D-glucoside and methyl β-D-glucoside are cyclic acetals of D-glucose that differ only in the configuration at the anomeric carbon (C-1), which is exactly the definition of anomers. They are not epimers (which differ at a non-anomeric

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