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The alcohol butan-2-ol has a chiral centre on carbon 2. It is not possible to show diagrams on Answers.com, but the link shows the general idea. The four groups on the chiral carbon are -H, -OH, CH3- and C2H5. It doesn't matter which groups you identify as W,X,Y and Z, just pick any and be consistent in the two halves of the diagram.

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