Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Chiral:
An object (not necessarily a molecule) is which not
superposable
on its mirror image.
Hands are chiral.
Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral.
Related terms:
Stereocenter
,
enantiomer
,
diastereomer
,
stereoisomer
,
superimposable
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