The following compound is a component of which of the following?

RNA

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Guanine

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DNA

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Adenine

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Solution

The correct option is C DNA
The compound shown is $β$ -D-2-deoxyribose which is a pentose sugar. It has no oxygen (in the form of hydroxy) attached to the $C_{2}$ carbon. It is the sugar moiety in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
The sugar moiety in RNA is β-D-ribose.

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