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Number of possible stereoisomers of glucose and fructose.

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14

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15

C

16

D

7

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Total number of stereoisomers for D-glucose, having four chiral atoms, is `2^(4) = 16`, of which two (D-glucose and L-glucose) are enantiomers so number of diastereomers for D-glucose will be 14.
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