НС-О Н- Но- Н Н CH-ОН -ОН -н Но- он D-glucose

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A student decided that the configuration of the asymmetric centers in a sugar such as d-glucose could be determined rapidly by simply assigning the R configuration to an asymmetric center with an OH group on the right and the S configuration to an asymmetric center with an OH group on the left. Is he correct? 

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