Question

The term anomers of glucose refers to

• A. isomers of glucose that differ in configurations at carbons one and four $( C -1$ and $C -4)$
• B. a mixture of $(D)-$ glucose and $(L)-$ glucose
• C. enantiomers of glucose
• D. isomers of glucose that differ in configuration at carbon one $( C -1)$.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Anomers are cyclic monosaccharides or glycosides that are epimers, differing from each other in the configuration at $C -1$, if they are aldoses or in the configuration at $C -2$ if they are ketoses.