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Published on: August 13, 2026
Optical rotations of some compounds along with their structures are given below. Which of them have 
configuration?
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and 
configuration are relative configurations decided by relating structure of given saccharide with D or L glyceraldehyde.
When -OH a lowest asymmetric carbon is written at the right-hand side, it is represented as D configuration and when -OH is written on the left-hand side, it is represented as 
configuration.
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