This document discusses stereoisomerism and reducing/non-reducing sugars. It defines stereoisomers as isomers that have the same molecular formula but differ in the orientation of atoms in space. There are two types of stereoisomers - enantiomers, which are nonsuperimposable mirror images, and diastereomers which are not mirror images. Reducing sugars have an OH group attached to the anomeric carbon, allowing them to donate electrons, while non-reducing sugars like sucrose do not. Examples of reducing sugars are monosaccharides and disaccharides like maltose and lactose.