Essential Biochemistry - Carbohydrate Chemistry (Section 2 - No. 6)

What is the meaning of the term 'epimer' in carbohydrate chemistry?
Isomers that differ at only one chiral center
Isomers that have different ring structures
Isomers that are mirror images of each other
Isomers that have different functional groups

Explanation

Epimers are stereoisomers that differ in the configuration at only one chiral center.

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