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What are chiral centers and chirality?


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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.

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