carbon atom

[lakshmi]

what is meant by anomeric carbon atom

[maverick280857]

You might want to check this out:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=anomeric+carbon&btnG=Google+Search

http://folk.uio.no/toreben/a-monohalo-ethers/Introduction/Anomeric/Anomeric.html

Hope that helps...

[movies]

I think that "anomeric" refers to the carbon adjacent to the oxygen in a sugar ring. At any rate it is a term that is reserved for sugar chemistry.