chiral carbons in glucose H H H C OH H-C-OH H-C-OH H-C-OH HO-C-H HO C HO-C-H HO-C-H | H-C-OH H-C -OH H H-C-OH H-C-OH H-C-OH H-C-OH H CH,OH CH,OH CH,OH CH,OH Max of possible stereoisomers=2 where n number of chiral carbon atoms 2013 Pearson Education,Inc. Seager SL,Slabaugh MR,Chemistry for Today:General,Organic and Biochemistry,7th Edition,2011 p.528© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. p. 528 chiral carbons in glucose Seager SL, Slabaugh MR, Chemistry for Today: General, Organic and Biochemistry, 7th Edition, 2011 Max # of possible stereoisomers = 2n where n = number of chiral carbon atoms