How many epimers are there of D-glucose? Of #alpha#-D-glucose?
1 Answer
Apr 29, 2015
There are 7 epimers of D-glucose. The stereoisomers of an alaohexose are 16, 8 D an 8 L. There are 15 epimers of alpha-D-glucose, since in the cyclic form the anomeric carbon becomes asimmetric
