How many stereoisomers of 3-chloro-2-methylbutane exist?

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There are two stereoisomers of 3-chloro-2-methylbutane: (R)-3-chloro-2-methylbutane and (S)-3-chloro-2-methylbutane. This is because the molecule has a chiral center at carbon 3, with two different groups (the chlorine and the methyl group) attached to it. The other carbons in the molecule do not have four different groups attached to them, so they cannot be chiral centers. Therefore, there are only two possible stereoisomers.

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