Which of the following statements is not true for glyceraldehyde?
Which of the following statements is not true for glyceraldehyde?
  1. It is a sugar molecule
  2. It is optically active
  3. It contains two asymmetric carbon atoms
  4. It has carbonyl and hydroxyl group

Solution: It contains two asymmetric carbon atoms

 

 

 

 

It contains only one asymmetric carbon atom