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Consider the following statements about carbohydrates. I. Bromine water can be used to differentiate aldose from ketose. II. All monosaccharides (aldose or ketose) are reducing sugars. III. Osazone formation destroys the configuration about $C - 2$ of an aldose but does not affect the configuration of the rest of the molecule. IV. A pair of diastereomeric aldoses which differ only in configuration about $C - 2$ is termed as pair of anomers. Select the correct statements.

I, III and IV

II and IV

I and IV

I, II and III

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Consider the following statements about carbohydrates. I. Bromine water can be used to differentiate aldose from ketose. II. All monosaccharides (aldose or ketose) are reducing sugars. III. Osazone formation destroys the configuration about

C - 2

of an aldose but does not affect the configuration of the rest of the molecule. IV. A pair of diastereomeric aldoses which differ only in configuration about

C - 2

is termed as pair of anomers. Select the correct statements.

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(d) I, II and III Epimers are a specific type of stereoisomer that have multiple stereocenters, these are a pair of diasteromers that differ only in the configuration about a single carbon atom.

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Question Text	Consider the following statements about carbohydrates. I. Bromine water can be used to differentiate aldose from ketose. II. All monosaccharides (aldose or ketose) are reducing sugars. III. Osazone formation destroys the configuration about $C - 2$ of an aldose but does not affect the configuration of the rest of the molecule. IV. A pair of diastereomeric aldoses which differ only in configuration about $C - 2$ is termed as pair of anomers. Select the correct statements.
Topic	Biomolecules
Subject	Chemistry
Class	Class 12
Answer Type	Text solution:1
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