Asymmetric carbon atoms and non-superimposable mirror images (17.2) | Edexcel A-level Chemistry — 9CH0 | KnowledgeSet

Asymmetric carbon atoms and non-superimposable mirror images

Chemistry · A-Level · Edexcel · Edexcel A-level Chemistry — 9CH0 · Specification point · 17.2 · Organic Chemistry II · Chirality

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$understand that optical isomerism results from chiral centre(s) in a molecule with asymmetric carbon atom(s) and that optical isomers are object and non-superimposable mirror images$