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Transcribed Image Text:**Title: 5.7 Fischer Projections**
**Question:**
Assign the configuration of each chiral center in the following stereoisomer of 3-bromo-2-butanol:
**Diagram:**
- A Fischer projection showing a central carbon chain.
- The vertical line represents the carbon chain with the structure:
- Top Carbon (1): CH₃ group
- Second Carbon (2): HO on the left, H on the right
- Third Carbon (3): H on the left, Br on the right
- Bottom Carbon (4): CH₃ group
**Answer Options:**
- ⃝ 2R, 3S
- ⃝ 2S, 3S
- ⃝ 2S, 3R
- ⃝ 2R, 3R
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This exercise requires the determination of the stereochemical configuration (R/S) for each chiral center in the Fischer projection of 3-bromo-2-butanol. The options provided indicate possible configurations for the chiral centers.
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