Which of the following statements is true regarding a carbohydrate having five carbon atoms and an aldehyde group?

It can have 8 stereoisomers

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It can have 4 stereoisomers

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It can have 2 stereoisomers

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A It can have 8 stereoisomers
The carbohydrate having 5 carbon atoms and one aldehyde group .

And it contains 3 chiral carbon atoms and can have $2^{3} = 8$ stereoisomers.

Option A is correct.

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