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The carbon whose hydroxyl decides alpha or beta glucose is called:
AAliphatic
BAsymmetric
CAnomeric
DAromatic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Anomeric
1. Ring closure turns the aldehyde carbon into a new centre.
2. Its hydroxyl can point either way.
3. That carbon is the anomeric carbon.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry Part 2, Unit 10 'Biomolecules'_
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