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📅 NSB Regional 2016🎓 HS🔄 Round 11#️⃣ Question 22🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

An SN1 reaction is performed by reacting sodium bromide with (S)-2-chlorobutane, and generates a 1 molar mixture of 70% (S)-2-bromobutane and 30% (R)-2-bromobutane. If the optical rotation of the solution was 9.2°, what is the optical rotation of pure (S)-2-bromobutane, to the nearest degree?

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