Oxidation of either d-erythrose or d-threose with nitric acid gives tartaric acid. In one case, the tartaric

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Oxidation of either d-erythrose or d-threose with nitric acid gives tartaric acid. In one case, the tartaric acid is optically active; in the other, it is optically inactive. How can these facts be used to assign stereochemical structures to erythrose and threose?
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Organic Chemistry A Short Course

ISBN: 978-1111425562

13th edition

Authors: Harold Hart, Christopher M. Hadad, Leslie E. Craine, David J. Hart

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