Chemistry > Isomerism > 5.0 Optical Isomerism

  Isomerism
    1.0 Isomerism
    2.0 Structural Isomerism
    3.0 Tautomerism
    4.0 Geometrical isomerism in the compounds containing C=N
    5.0 Optical Isomerism
    6.0 Optical isomerism in compounds having more than one chiral carbons
    7.0 Optically active compounds having no asymmetric carbon

5.2 Asymmetric carbon (or) Chiral Carbon

If all the four bonds of carbon are satisfied by four different atoms/groups, it is chiral. Chiral carbon is designated by an asterisk $(*).$

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