Chirality: - A molecule that displays optical isomerism is one that can be divided into two or more parts, each of which is mirror images of the other. - Ch...
Chirality:
A molecule that displays optical isomerism is one that can be divided into two or more parts, each of which is mirror images of the other.
Chiral molecules have a spatial arrangement of atoms that is not mirror-symmetric.
There are two types of chiral molecules:
Enantiomers: Enantiomers are a pair of molecules that are mirror images of each other. They have the same molecular formula but different spatial arrangements.
Diastereomers: Diastereomers are a pair of molecules that are not mirror images of each other. They have the same molecular formula but different structural arrangements.
Enantiomers:
Enantiomers are mirror images of each other.
They have the same molecular formula but different spatial arrangements.
Enantiomers can rotate plane-polarized light in opposite directions.
Enantiomers are not superimposable.
Diastereomers:
Diastereomers are not mirror images of each other.
They have the same molecular formula but different structural arrangements.
Diastereomers can rotate plane-polarized light in the same direction.
Diastereomers are superimposable