Aldohexoses have 4 chiral centers, or 16 (24) stereoisomers possible. Does that mean they have 16 individual sugar names?
1 Answer
Yes, there are 16 individual sugar names.
Explanation:
An aldohexose has four chiral centres.
So there are
The 8 D-aldohexoses are shown below.
Aldohexoses
(From sandwalk.blogspot.com)
Their mirror images are the L-aldohexoses, the other 8 of the 16.
Their names are L-allose, L-altrose, L-glucose, etc.
Hence, each of the 16 aldohexoses has its own name.
