Problem: Draw a structural formula of the R configuration of the compound shown below. Illustrate the stereochemistry about the chiral carbon using the "single up" (solid wedge) and "single down" (hashed-line wedge) bond tools.

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Chiral center (4 unique substituents) in the molecule is C2:

R configuration → clockwise priority

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Draw a structural formula of the R configuration of the compound shown below. Illustrate the stereochemistry about the chiral carbon using the "single up" (solid wedge) and "single down" (hashed-line wedge) bond tools.


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