Question

Choose the appropriate answer(s) for the below representation from the options given

Options

• Enantiomers

• Stereoisomers

• All of these

• Dextro and laevorotatory molecules

Answer 1

All of these

Explanation:

Glyceraldehyde has one chiral centre (the asymmetric C) and has two enantiomers as we can see they are mirror images of each other. Stereoisomers of a compound are those isomers of the compound that have the same molecular formula but different spatial arrangements of their atoms in space. So these compounds are stereoisomers. These compounds are dextrorotatory (+) isomer and laevorotatory (−) isomers as one rotates the path of light in the right direction whereas the other rotates in the left direction.