Q. The letter ‘D’ in D-glucose signifies
A) Configuration at all chiral carbons
B) Dextrorotatory
C) That it is a monosaccharide
D) Configuration at a particular chiral carbon
Explanation
(d)
Letter ‘D’ before the name of monosaccharide reveals that the $–OH$ group at the second carbon atom is towards the right i.e., it only shows the configuration a particular chiral carbon.
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