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What is meant by chirality of a compound ? Give an example.

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A compound is said to be chiral if it exists in two stereoisomeric forms which are non-superimposable mirror images of each other. This property of non-superimposability is called chirality and the two compounds which are non-superimposable mirror images of each other are called enantiomers.

For example, butan-2-ol is a chiral compound because it exists in two stereoisomers which are non-superimposable mirror images of each other.
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