Question

Glucose and mannose are

• A. Epimers
• B. Anomers
• C. Ketohexoses
• D. Disaccharides

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Epimers

Answer 2

Glucose and mannose are epimers because they both differ in configuration at C–2 and the Isomer which differ at $C_{2}$ position known as epimers of each other.