Aligning molecule names

chemfig places the molecules in a bounding box defined by TikZ. I haven't found how to modify or act on this bounding box. So, I propose a quick hack by adding 35 pt to the default size of the text of the \chemname[35pt] command.

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\begin{document}

\definesubmol{x}{(-[4]H)(-[0]OH)}
\definesubmol{y}{(-[0]H)(-[4]HO)}

\begin{center}

\schemestart
    \chemname{\chemfig{[2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-!x-(-[3]H)=[1]O}}{D-Glucosa}
    \arrow{<=>[Base][]}
    \chemname[35pt]{\chemfig{[2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-(=[0]O)-CH_2 \cdot OH}}{D-Fructosa}
    \arrow{<=>[Base][]}
    \chemname{\chemfig{[2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-!y-(-[3]H)=[1]O}}{D-Manosa}
\schemestop

\end{center}

\end{document}

A solution with vphantom

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\begin{document}

\definesubmol{x}{(-[4]H)(-[0]OH)}
\definesubmol{y}{(-[0]H)(-[4]HO)}

\begin{center}

\schemestart
    \chemname{\chemfig{ [2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-!x-(-[3]H)=[1]O}}{D-Glucosa}
    \arrow{<=>[Base][]}
    \chemname{\vphantom{\chemfig{[2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-!x-(-[3]H)=[1]O}}
        \chemfig{[2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-(=[0]O)-CH_2 \cdot OH}}{D-Fructosa}
    \arrow{<=>[Base][]}
    \chemname{\chemfig{[2]CH_2 \cdot OH-!x-!x-!y-!y-(-[3]H)=[1]O}}{D-Manosa}
\schemestop

\end{center}

\end{document}

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