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Chirality and chiral centre (or chiral carbon atom or asymmetric carbon atom

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Chirality. It is a property by virtue of which an object (or a molecule) has a non superimposable mirror image (i.e., the mirror image of the object cannot be superimposed on it). Following are some example of chiral compounds
`CH_3 - underset(H) underset(|) overset(C_2 H_5) overset(|)C-Cl " " CH_3 - underset(H) underset(|) overset(O H) overset(|)C_2 H_5 " " CH_3 - underset(H) underset(|) overset(OH) overset(|)COOH`
Chiral centre. A carbon atom in a molecule which is linked to four different substituents or groups is called chiral carbon atom or chiral centre.
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    A
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