Re: stereochemstry
carlisel@plu.edu
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:36:38 -0800 (PST)
Chiral means that an object's mirror image can not be supperposed
on the object casting the image. It is refered to as handedness because
if you look at your hands, both palms facing you and try to put one on top
of the other (without turing one over) you will see that they can not be
superposed. See page 181 for more expanation if you need more.
On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 youngcf@plu.edu wrote:
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> Help:
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> Could someone please explain the concept of "chiral?" I do
> understand that it means "handedness," but does that mean that an objects
> mirror image cannot be superposed on the object casting the image? Or,
> does it mean the opposite?
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> Youngcf@plu.edu.
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