Question

Question #25ce2

Answer 1

Yes

Explanation:

Take Galactose, Glucose and Mannose

source: https://biochemnoob.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/epimers

The highlited portion tells use that Glucose and Mannose are C2 epimers while Glucose and Galactose are C4 epimers.

Epimers are a subtype of diastereomers - molecules that contain more than 1 chiral center and differ in their absolute configuration on at least 1 chiral center. Which basically means, the chiral center where each molecule differs is where their absolute configuration is opposite that of the other pair; every other chiral center has the same absolute configuration.