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Why chirality is 3D

Why chirality is 3D

Mirror-image enantiomers of a tetrahedral carbon attached to H, Br, CH3 and CH2CH3, with the chiral centre marked Organic molecules are often drawn flat, but a carbon with four single bonds is tetrahedral, with bond angles about 109.5∘109.5^{\circ}109.5∘. On paper, a solid wedge points out of the page, a dashed wedge points back, and a normal line lies in the plane.

Chirality Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /Chirality

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel AS Level Chemistry Chirality. Each one builds up to exam-style questions.

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