Glyceraldehyde Has a Chiral Carbon So Has Two Stereoisomers, Which

Question

Glyceraldehyde has a chiral carbon so has two stereoisomers, which are called diastereomers.

Accepted Answer

Glyceraldehyde has a chiral carbon and thus has two stereoisomers, but these are called enantiomers, not diastereomers, because they are mirror images of each other and are not superimposable.