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The most common feature in chiral molecules is
a tetrahedral (sp3-hybridized) carbon atom with
four different atoms or groups attached. Such a
carbon atom is called chiral carbon or an
asymmetric carbon.
Chiral molecules do not have a plane of
symmetry.
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Representation of Chiral Molecule
with One Chiral Atom
This compound have a Chiral Carbon and it could be
represented in 2 forms, structure III and its mirror
image IV
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