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COMEDK · Chemistry · 30. Biomolecules

Structures of 3 Monosaccharides are given below. Two of them are Anomers. Identify the two Anomers.

  1. A II is the anomer of both I and II
  2. B II and III are Anomers.
  3. C I and II are Anomers.
  4. D I and III are Anomers
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(D) I and III are Anomers

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Anomers are a specific type of epimers that differ in configuration only at the anomeric carbon (the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon). In the given Fischer projections of cyclic monosaccharides, the anomeric carbon is the one attached to the ring oxygen and the hydroxyl group. By…