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____ are a subtype of diastereomers that differ at exactly one chiral carbon.

Answer

Epimers are a subtype of diastereomers that differ at exactly one chiral carbon.
Epimers are a subtype of diastereomers that differ at exactly one chiral carbon .
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Reference: Diastereomers are stereoisomers that are non-superimposable and are not mirror images of each other. Epimer is a diastereomer, and its subclass of anomers would also be diastereomers.

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