Question

What are chiral carbons?

Answer 1

Chiral carbon $\to$ A chiral carbon atom is a carbon atom that is attached to four different types of atoms or groups of atoms.

Example: $C{H}_3-\underset{\underset{Cl}{|}}{\stackrel{\stackrel{I}{|}}{C^{\ast }}}-C_2{H}_5$

Here the carbon which is indicated by $\ast$ sign is chiral carbon.