In open chain structure, how many chiral carbon atoms in D -(-)-Ribose ?

In open chain structure, how many chiral carbon atoms in D-(-)-Ribose ?
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 5

Solution

Structure of D-(-)-Ribose is:

The number of chiral carbon atoms is 3

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