The configurations of carbon atom C3 and C4 in the given structure of D-ribose, respectively are

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The configurations of carbon atom C3 and C4 in the given structure of D-ribose, respectively are <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/35e82ef2b7cb0959a65c8c84a47fa268-.png" /> (A) R and S (B) S and R (C) R and R (D) S and S

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Both C3 and C4 have same configuration which is R <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/cce31fa8ef036fdb6c3b2635aade6afd-.png" />

Q. The configurations of carbon atom $C_{3}$ and $C_{4}$ in the given structure of $D$ -ribose, respectively are

$R$ and $S$

$S$ and $R$

$R$ and $R$

$S$ and $S$

Both $C_{3}$ and $C_{4}$ have same configuration which is $R$

Q. The configurations of carbon atom C3​ and C4​ in the given structure of D-ribose, respectively are

R and S

S and R

R and R

S and S