Aren’t D-glucose and L-glucose enantiomers (mirror images)? Cuz the aldehyde groups on the 1st carbon are still the same. So how can they be flipped on each other as mirror images?
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Sounds like this is undergrad or earlier, so /r/chemistry would direct you to /r/chemhelp which appears active.
But if you can build the molecules with a 3D model (either physical or computer) you can rotate the C-C single bonds to see if you can get two non-superimposable mirror images, or if it’s just one chiral center. The Fischer projections are misleading.
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