Name the simplest carbohydrate. Use this carbohydrate to illustrate the
meaning of enantiomers by giving examples.
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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