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Aldopentoses named as ribose and 2-deoxyribose are found in nucleic acids. What is their relative configuration?

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The compound being aldopentoses, the configuration of both of them is ‘D’. The naming of ribose would be \beta-D-ribose whereas IUPAC name for 2-deoxyribose is \beta-D-2-deoxyribose

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