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In organic chemistry, “chiral” is a word used to describe a specific kind of reflection or mirroring. Chiral objects or images cannot be superimposed. If they are, they are revealed to have different forms, as in the case if one were to transpose the image of a right hand over the image of a left hand. If a pair of hands were superimposed, one thumb would extend out to the left while the other thumb would extend to the right. Chiral objects have two distinct forms - as in the