Answer to Question #320464 in Biochemistry for Hrithik

Question #320464

Name the simplest carbohydrate. Use this carbohydrate to illustrate the 

meaning of enantiomers by giving examples.


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Expert's answer
2022-03-31T06:31:01-0400

Monosaccharides

Enantiomers are a pair of molecules that exist in two forms that are mirror images of one another but cannot be superimposed one upon the other.

D- and L-glyceraldehyde are mirror images of each other and represent a pair of enantiomers.



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