Question

What are chiral centers and chirality?

Answer 1

Chiral centers

• An atom with four different groups bonded to it in such a way that it has a non-superimposable mirror image is called a chiral center.
• A chiral molecule and its mirror image are as follows:-

Chirality

• "The objects which are non-superimposable on their mirror image are said to be chiral and this property is known as chirality''.
• An example of chirality is a pair of hands.