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What does chirality mean?

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  1. The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are not identical; handedness
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Most folks who know about drug discovery will tell you about the lessons of thalidomide as they relate to the chirality of drugs.
Test results demonstrate that the methods are capable of differentiating between potential isomers and the product, and show that none of the chemical transformations cause a loss of chirality.
All of this is achieved without switching the chirality of the catalyst.
The technique might also be used to template the growth of complex molecular structures with novel architecture and chirality.
Such isomers are called enantiomers and molecules that have enantiomers are said to be chiral or to show chirality.
In most cases, the biaryl axis is configurationally stable and represents an additional element of chirality.

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