Question

Pick up the correct statements from the following.

• A. Glucose exists in two different crystalline forms, $\alpha$-D-glucose and $\beta$-D-glucose
• B. $\alpha$-D-glucose and $\beta$-D-glucose are enantiomers
• C. Cellulose is a straight chain polysaccharide made up of only $\beta$-glucose units
• D. Cyclic structure of $\alpha$-D-glucose and $\beta$-D-glucose is called pyranose structure

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

Statements (a), (c) and (d) are correct. Statement (b) is incorrect because $\alpha$-D-glucose and $\beta$-D-glucose are anomers not the enantiomers.