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When deciding whether 2 pyranoses (e.g. galactopyranose and glucopyranose) are enantiomers or diastereomers, do we always ignore the C1 (the anomeric carbon)? Is the anomeric carbon only useful for deciding whether the pyranose is alpha or beta (anomers)?