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A '''chiral molecule''' is a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image. Chiral molecules are optically active in the sense that they rotate the plane of [[polarized light]].
A '''chiral molecule''' is a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image. Chiral molecules are optically active in the sense that they rotate the plane of [[polarized light]].
An atom containing carbon forms optical isomers if one or more of the carbon atoms is bonded to four different species.
==Louis Pasteur==
==Louis Pasteur==