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The compound shown is butane-2,3-diol drawn without stereochemistry. Counting configurational isomers (enantiomers and diastereomers together), the number of stereoisomers is

  1. A2
  2. B3
  3. C4
  4. D1

Answer: B

Butane-2,3-diol has two stereocentres with identical substituent sets, so the combinations reduce: and are a pair of enantiomers, while and are the same meso compound. Total stereoisomers: .
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