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Chirality (chemistry)

physical science Maturity 9-11

Some things have a twin.

Chirality with hands.svg
Chirality with hands.svg
These twins are mirror images. They look like your hands. One is left and one is right. They do not fit together. This helps our bodies work. Can you look at your hands?

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File:Chirality with hands.svg
Chirality with hands.svg
File:L- and d- alanine scheme and 3d representation.png
L- and d- alanine scheme and 3d representation.png
File:Chiral sym CHXYZ.svg
Chiral sym CHXYZ.svg
File:Chiral sym CHXYRYS.svg
Chiral sym CHXYRYS.svg
File:Chiral sym CCXRYRXSYS.svg
Chiral sym CCXRYRXSYS.svg
File:Chiral sym CCCXYXY.svg
Chiral sym CCCXYXY.svg
File:Chiral sym CHHXX.svg
Chiral sym CHHXX.svg
File:Chiral sym CCXYXY.svg
Chiral sym CCXYXY.svg
File:Illustrate stereocenter.png
Illustrate stereocenter.png
File:R-BINOL-2D-skeletal.png
R-BINOL-2D-skeletal.png
File:Delta-ruthenium-tris(bipyridine)-cation-3D-balls.png
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