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Are all molecules with chiral centers chiral?
I find it difficult to imagine a molecule and then its mirror image and then try to superimpose it to see if its chiral or not. So far all the chiral molecules i have come across have chiral centres. So i was wondering if it means that if a molecule has a chiral centre then its chiral?
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
No, if there is an identical chiral center, with all the same exact molecules attached symmetrically, it will make the compound achiral, this is called a meso compound. But, if there is just one chiral center, then yes it is chiral.
