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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Biomolecules

Question:

Which of the following is an example of an aldopentose?

Options:

Fructose

D-Ribose

Glyceraldehyde

Erythrose

Correct Answer:

D-Ribose

Explanation:

Ribose is an aldopentose (a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms) that, in its open chain form, has an aldehyde functional group at one end. In the conventional numbering scheme for monosaccharides, the carbon atoms are numbered from C1' (in the aldehyde group) to C5'.