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Chirality Centre definition

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An atom holding a set of ligands in a spatial arrangement which is not superposable on its mirror image. A chirality centre is thus a generalised extension of the concept of the asymmetric carbon atom to central atoms of any element, for example N+abcd, Pabc as well as Cabcd.


See also:

Chiroptic/Chiroptical definition
chelation definition
Chiral definition
chemical vapor deposition definition
Chemical Bonds definition