Kaplan MCAT PRACTICE PROBLEM QUESTION The formation of α-d-glucopyranose from β-d-glucopyranose is called:
A. glycosidation B. mutarotation C. enantiomerization D. racemization
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B. Mutarotation is the interconversion between anomers of a compound. Enantiomerization and racemization, choices (C) and (D), mean the same thing as each other: the formation of a mirror-image or optically inverted form of a compound. Glycosidation, choice (A), is the addition of a sugar to another compound ANSWER 8 || pulse
