What Is the Difference Between α-D-Glucose and α-D-Galactose

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between α-D-glucose and α-D-galactose?

• A)They are mirror images of each other.
• B)They differ in the configuration of substituents at C-4.
• C)One is an aldose and the other is a ketose.
• D)They are anomers.
• E)One forms only O-glycosidic bonds, and the other forms only N-glycosidic bonds.

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