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Glucose has optical isomers....

Glucose has _______ optical isomers.

A

8

B

12

C

16

D

Cannot be predicted

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The correct Answer is:
C
Glucose has 4 chiral carbon atoms (n=4)
Number of optical isomers `=2^n = 2^4 = 16`
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