Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules - What are Enantiomers?

4 important questions on Chirality: The Handedness of Molecules - What are Enantiomers?

When is a mirror image superposable?

When you can turn the mirror image in such a way that it overlaps completely.

When is a molecule chiral?

When the mirror images are nonsuperposable.

What is the plane of symmetry?

The plane of symmetry is an imaginary plane passing trough an object in such a way that one half is the mirror image of the other.
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What is a stereocenter?

A stereocenter is an atom at which the interchange of two atom(group)s bonded to it produces a different stereoisomer. For example lactic acid.

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