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Encyclopedia > Chiral

Chirality refers to several phenomena, all having to do with objects that differ from their mirror image.

Pairs of mirror image objects are called Enantiomorphs.

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Chirality (993 words)
A chiral molecule is one that is not superimposable on its mirror image; it has the property of rotating the plane of polarisation of plane-polarised monochromatic light that is passed through it.
Cyclooctatetraene is a tub-shaped molecule; its 1,2,3,4-tetramethyl derivative is chiral.
Perchlorotriphenylamine (the 'perchloro' bit derives from the replacement of all of the hydrogen atoms with chlorine) is heavily sterically hindered and the molecule is in the shape of a propellor.
Encyclopedia: Chirality (chemistry) (1794 words)
Chiral molecules are sometimes referred to as being "dissymmetric"; chirality and dissymmetry being one in the same.
Chirality is of critical importance in chemistry and unites the traditionally-defined subdisciplines of inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and physical chemistry.
The fundamental laws of physics may be chiral, as the weak charge is not invariant under a reflection unless particles are replaced by their antiparticles as well, and kaon decay appears to violate even that symmetry.
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