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  2. Chirality - Wikipedia

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    Chirality (/ k aɪ ˈ r æ l ɪ t i /) is a property of asymmetry important in several branches of science. The word chirality is derived from the Greek χείρ (kheir), "hand", a familiar chiral object. An object or a system is chiral if it is distinguishable from its mirror image; that is, it cannot be superposed (not to be confused with ...

  3. Chirality (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Many chiral molecules have point chirality, namely a single chiral stereogenic center that coincides with an atom. This stereogenic center usually has four or more bonds to different groups, and may be carbon (as in many biological molecules), phosphorus (as in many organophosphates), silicon, or a metal (as in many chiral coordination compounds).

  4. Stereocenter - Wikipedia

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    A chirality center (chiral center) is a type of stereocenter. A chirality center is defined as an atom holding a set of four different ligands (atoms or groups of atoms) in a spatial arrangement which is non-superposable on its mirror image. Chirality centers must be sp 3 hybridized, meaning that a chirality center can only have single bonds. [5]

  5. Enantiomer - Wikipedia

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    A chirality center is also called a chiral center [16] [17] [18] or an asymmetric center. [19] Some sources use the terms stereocenter , stereogenic center , stereogenic atom or stereogen to refer exclusively to a chirality center, [ 16 ] [ 18 ] [ 20 ] while others use the terms more broadly to refer also to centers that result in diastereomers ...

  6. Molecular symmetry - Wikipedia

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    Center of symmetry or inversion center, abbreviated i. A molecule has a center of symmetry when, for any atom in the molecule, an identical atom exists diametrically opposite this center an equal distance from it. In other words, a molecule has a center of symmetry when the points (x,y,z) and (−x,−y,−z) of the molecule always look identical.

  7. Optical rotation - Wikipedia

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    A molecule having exactly one chiral stereocenter (usually an asymmetric carbon atom) can be labeled (R) or (S), but a molecule having multiple stereocenters needs more than one label. For example, the essential amino acid L -threonine contains two chiral stereocenters and is written (2 S ,3 S )-threonine.

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  9. Chirality (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    An object that is not chiral is said to be achiral. A chiral object and its mirror image are said to be enantiomorphs. The word chirality is derived from the Greek χείρ (cheir), the hand, the most familiar chiral object; the word enantiomorph stems from the Greek ἐναντίος (enantios) 'opposite' + μορφή (morphe) 'form'.