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Offline AdiDex

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what is the difference between chiral and enantiomer..?
« on: October 16, 2014, 03:01:14 PM »
I'm little confused between the chiral and enantiomer..!
Are they same or just different side of one coin..!
Please explain with suitable examples..!!
Thanks...  :)

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Re: what is the difference between chiral and enantiomer..?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2014, 04:59:04 AM »
Try reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality
If I don't just tell you the answer, it's not that I don't want to help, but I want to help you to be able to find out things like this for yourself. It's always worth doing a quick google, you never know what you'll find.
If there's anything specific you still don't get after reading the above, by all means come back and ask.

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Re: what is the difference between chiral and enantiomer..?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2014, 03:53:36 PM »
What I understood is that -
Chiral and enantiomer are just the similar word...

If a molecule is chiral then it must have a enantiomer ..!!
Enantiomer is only used for molecules where as chiral word can be used anywhere .
For example our hand is chiral but it do not have enantiomer (as enantiomer only used in chemistry )

Please correct me if i'm wrong.
« Last Edit: October 18, 2014, 04:04:56 PM by adidx »

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Re: what is the difference between chiral and enantiomer..?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2014, 05:30:31 PM »
Chiral is an adjective, meaning having handedness.  Enantiomer is a noun.

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