What is the difference between D-sugar and L-sugar?
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Please find below the solution to the asked query
A D-sugar has hydroxyl group on the right side of the last stereocenter carbon of the molecule while as the L-sugar has hydroxyl group on the left side last stereocenter carbon of the molecule as shown in the diagram below.
The prefixes D and L are different from d or l which indicate the direction of rotation of plane of polarised light.
Hope this information will clear your doubts about the D sugar and L sugar.
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Please find below the solution to the asked query
A D-sugar has hydroxyl group on the right side of the last stereocenter carbon of the molecule while as the L-sugar has hydroxyl group on the left side last stereocenter carbon of the molecule as shown in the diagram below.
The prefixes D and L are different from d or l which indicate the direction of rotation of plane of polarised light.
Hope this information will clear your doubts about the D sugar and L sugar.
If you have any more doubts just ask here on the forum and our experts will try to help you out as soon as possible.
Regards