chirality

(noun)

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

Related Terms

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.