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In the context of the asymmetric carbon, a sugar with 4 chiral centers can theoretically form a total of how many stereoisomers?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 16
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D. 32

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The number of possible stereoisomers for a molecule with 'n' chiral centers is 2ⁿ. A sugar with 4 chiral centers has 2⁴ = 16 possible stereoisomers. These are divided into 8 D-sugars and their 8 L-enantiomeric counterparts.

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  • 4
  • 8
  • 16
  • 32

The number of possible stereoisomers for a molecule with 'n' chiral centers is 2ⁿ. A sugar with 4 chiral centers has 2⁴ = 16 possible stereoisomers. These are divided into 8 D-sugars and their 8 L-enantiomeric counterparts.

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