Chirality A molecule is chiral if its two mirror image forms are not superposable upon one another. A molecule is achiral if its two mirror image forms are superposable
Chirality A molecule is chiral if its two mirror image forms are not superposable upon one another. A molecule is achiral if its two mirror image forms are superposable
Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral It cannot be superposed point for point on its mirror image. B Br 7 111111T To show nonsuperposability,rotate this model 180 around a vertical axis
Br Cl H F Bromochlorofluoromethane Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral H Cl Br F To show nonsuperposability, rotate this model 180° around a vertical axis. It cannot be superposed point for point on its mirror image
Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral Br 1111111111111111111
Br Cl H F Bromochlorofluoromethane Bromochlorofluoromethane is chiral H Cl Br F
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Enantiomers nonsuperposable mirror images are called enantiomers and are enantiomers with respect to each other
are enantiomers with respect to each other and nonsuperposable mirror images are called enantiomers Enantiomers Enantiomers