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==Chirality== | ==Chirality== | ||
[[File:File_Chirality_with_hands.png|thumb| | [[File:File_Chirality_with_hands.png|thumb|right|Two enantiomers of a generic amino acid that is chiral]] | ||
[[File:Zwitterion-Alanine.png|thumb|right|(S)-Alanine (left) and (R)-alanine (right) in zwitterionic form at neutral pH]] | |||
A chiral molecule is a type of molecule that has a non-superimposable mirror image. The feature that is most often the cause of chirality in molecules is the presence of an asymmetric carbon atom, where the carbon is attached to four completely different functional groups. | A chiral molecule is a type of molecule that has a non-superimposable mirror image. The feature that is most often the cause of chirality in molecules is the presence of an asymmetric carbon atom, where the carbon is attached to four completely different functional groups. | ||