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Chirality /kaɪˈrælɪtiː/ is a
property of
asymmetry important in
several branches of science. The word
chirality is
derived from the Gr**** χείρ (kheir)...
- A
chiral phenomenon is one that is not
identical to its
mirror image (see the
article on
mathematical chirality). The spin of a
particle may be used to...
- In chemistry, a
molecule or ion is
called chiral (/ˈkaɪrəl/) if it
cannot be
superposed on its
mirror image by any
combination of rotations, translations...
- on the
chiral carbon (see
chirality) to line up exactly. The
number of
stereoisomers a
molecule has can be
determined by the
number of
chiral carbons...
- Look up
chirality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Chirality (handedness) is a
property of asymmetry.
Chirality may also
refer to:
Chirality (chemistry)...
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Chiral resolution, or
enantiomeric resolution, is a
process in
stereochemistry for the
separation of
racemic mixture into
their enantiomers. It is an important...
- The
chiral pool is a "collection of
abundant enantiopure building blocks provided by nature" used in synthesis. In
other words, a
chiral pool
would be...
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reaction (or
reaction sequence) in
which one or more new
elements of
chirality are
formed in a
substrate molecule and
which produces the stereoisomeric...
- In stereochemistry, a
chiral auxiliary is a
stereogenic group or unit that is
temporarily incorporated into an
organic compound in
order to
control the...
- In mathematics,
chiral homology,
introduced by
Alexander Beilinson and
Vladimir Drinfeld, is, in
their words, "a “quantum”
version of (the
algebra of functions...
