Chapter 23, Problem 23.6A

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The number of chiral centers in glucose and the number of isomers that exists as a result of chiral centers needs to be determined.

Concept introduction:

Chiral centers are atoms with tetrahedral molecular geometry and four different substituent groups.The formula to calculate the number of isomers from the number of chiral centers is,

$\text{Number}\text{of}{\text{isomer=2}}^n$

Where, n is the number of chiral centers.