Glucose is also known as dextrose or blood sugar. For glucose, this would be a D-glucose is the most common monosaccharide in biological system. To determine the number of stereoisomers use the formula, 2n, where n = the number of chiral carbons in the molecule. properties. Note that this only refers to stereoisomers and not to constitutional isomers This molecule Multidimensional Analysis ofGlucose Isomers by Ion Mobility Spectrometry M. M. Gaye,* G. Nagy, D. E. Clemmer, and N. L. B. Pohl Depa