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Q. In fructose and glucose the possible optical isomers are

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Solution:

Fructose contains three chiral carbon atom and glucose contain 4 chiral carbon atoms.
The Number of possible Optical isomers for Fructose are $2^{3}=8$
The Number of possible Optical isomers for Glucose are $2^{4}=16$
8,16 is the Answer