chirality

(noun)

The phenomenon in chemistry, physics, and mathematics in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are not identical.

Related Terms

  • stereoisomer
  • enantiomer

Examples of chirality in the following topics:

  • Organic Enantiomers

    • The two main types of stereoisomerism are diastereomerism (including 'cis-trans isomerism') and optical isomerism (also known as 'enantiomerism' and 'chirality').
    • Organic compounds that contain a chiral carbon usually have two non-superposable structures.
    • Enantiopure compounds refer to samples having, within the limits of detection, molecules of only one chirality.
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