JEE Main Chemistry question

α-glucose and β-glucose are:

(A)Isomers
(B)AnomersCorrect
(C)Epimers
(D)Tautomers

Answer: (B)

Solution

α-glucose and β-glucose are cyclic forms that differ only in configuration at the anomeric carbon C-1, which is the precise definition of anomers, not the broader term "isomers," not

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