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Question

Fructose on reduction gives a mixture of two alcohols which are related as

Options

A.diastereomers
B.epimers
C.both (a) and (d)
D.anomers.

Solution

Ketises on reduction produce a new chiral carbon leading to the formatting of two isomeric alcohols which are diastereomeric as well as C - 2 epimers.

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