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Q. Fructose on reduction gives a mixture of two alcohols which are related as

BITSATBITSAT 2016

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Ketoses on reduction produce a new chiral carbon leading to the formation of two isomeric alcohols which are diastereomeric as well as $C-2$ epimers.