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Chirality Chirality Chemistry, Chem Notes, A Level Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Notes, Chemistry Help, Organic Chem, Biochemistry Notes, Ap Chem, Organic Chemistry Study

The word chirality comes from the Greek word for "handedness," as in left or right-handed. Well it turns out molecules can also have different forms that are analogous to the idea of handedness. For an example look at alanine. The figure shows two versions, or what chemists call enantiomers, of the amino acid alanine. Much like each hand has five fingers, one thumb, ect both molecules have the same number of atoms and same general chemical structure, but make no mistake these are two…

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