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Glucose has optical isomers....

Glucose has _______ optical isomers.

A

4

B

8

C

16

D

10

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The correct Answer is:
C
Glucose has 4 asymmetric carbon atom .
`therefore ` No. of optical isomer `=2^(4)=16`
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