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- The difference between an aldose sugar and a ketose sugar is A) the number of carbon atoms B) the position of the hydroxyl groups C) the position of the carbonyl group D) the ring form and the linear chainWhen D-gulose forms a ring structure, a) b) a ketone and a hydroxyl group react to form a hemiketal. the ring is unstable at neutral pH. the ring contains four stereogenic centers. an intramolecular reaction creates a glycosidic bond.What term best describes the isomeric relationship between alpha-D- glucopyranose and alpha-L-glucopyranose? A) structural isomers B) enantiomers C) epimers D) diastereoisomers, but not epimers E) not isomers
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