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What does achiral mean?

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Adjective
  1. (mathematics) superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral
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But what we learn in chemistry is that chiral objects cannot be distinguished by an achiral probe.
Cyclohexane is achiral, as are both axial and equatorial methylcyclohexane.
Most syntheses in the laboratory begin with achiral materials, and the complex end products of these synthetic procedures are built up through sequences of reactions.
Enantiomers react equally with achiral reagents because they have the same chemical properties.
Since the starting materials used in the production of naproxen are achiral, the product acids must necessarily be a racemic mixture.
A meso compound is an achiral molecule that nonetheless contains a stereogenic atom.

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