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The two structures shown (left and right) are butan-2-ol drawn with opposite wedge patterns at C2. They are related as

  1. Adiastereomers
  2. Bidentical (same compound)
  3. Cenantiomers
  4. Dconstitutional isomers

Answer: C

Butan-2-ol has one stereocentre, C2, which carries H, OH, and . The two drawings differ only in the configuration at this single centre: one is (R) and the other is (S). A molecule with one stereocentre is chiral, and inverting its only stereocentre gives its mirror image, so the two structures are a pair of enantiomers.
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