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Assertion: D (+) – Glucose is dextrorotatory in nature. Reason: ‘D’ represents its dextrorotatory nature. - Chemistry

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Assertion: D (+) – Glucose is dextrorotatory in nature.

Reason: ‘D’ represents its dextrorotatory nature.

Options

  • Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason explains the assertion.

  • Both assertion and reason are wrong statements.

  • Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong statement.

  • Assertion is wrong statement and reason is correct statement.

  • Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason does not explain assertion.

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Solution

Assertion is correct statement and reason is wrong. statement.

Explanation:

Glucose is correctly named as D(+)-glucose. ‘D’ before the name of glucose represents the configuration whereas ‘(+)’ represents dextrorotatory nature of the molecule. The letters ‘D’ or ‘L’ before the name of any compound indicate the relative configuration of a particular stereoisomer.

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Chapter 14: Biomolecules - Multiple Choice Questions (Type - I) [Page 212]

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