Examples of 'chiral' in a sentence

Meaning of "chiral"

Chiral: Describing an object that is not superimposable on its mirror image, often used in chemistry
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  • that exhibits chirality (as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix)

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An object that is not chiral is said to be achiral.
Such chiral diols are important in organic synthesis.
Many electrophiles are chiral and optically stable.
The chiral isomer is far more common.
Schematic of ordering in chiral liquid crystal phases.
A chiral multiplet is a type of supermutliplet of a supersymmetry algebra.
It is used only when chiral compounds are being analyzed.
Chiral reaction medium for organic reactions.
The compound is chiral but is used as a racemate.
Chiral molecules usually have a plane of symmetry.
Enantiomeric enrichment of chiral pesticides in the environment.
It is chiral and is marketed as an equimolar racemic mixture.
The source of this chiral impurity is unknown.
The chiral positions are marked with an asterisk.
Alfuzosin contains a stereocenter and is therefore chiral.

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It has no chiral symmetry breaking or mass generation.
Phenylsulfinic acid and its esters are chiral.
It is the first chiral molecule to be detected in space.
This is the principle behind chiral resolution.
Systematics and chiral extrapolation are extensively discussed.
The enantiomers were separated via chiral chromatography.
Only chiral molecules can have enantiomers.
This phenomenon is related to chiral symmetry breaking.
There is a chiral carbon atom in the molecule.
This definition includes such chiral salts.
A chiral selector is therefore usually added thereto.
This carbon is therefore a chiral or asymmetric center.
A chiral menthoxy group is used in this synthesis.
The molecule contains three chiral centers.
Wherein the chiral ligand is a single enantiomer.
The ammonium moiety can be racemic or chiral.
Enantiomers can be separated by chiral chromatographic columns.
Chiraphos is a chiral diphosphine employed as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.
Liquid chromatography using chiral stationary phases.
But chiral molecules are absolutely everywhere.
Oxprenolol is a compound with one chiral center.
In this experiment two chiral ligands will be synthesized.
An important possibility is the production of chiral drugs.
A chiral environment removes that symmetry.
The linking groups can be chiral or achiral.
Salam introduced chiral symmetry in the theory of neutrinos.
Of the reaction lacking the chiral catalyst.
Lysergic acid is a chiral compound with two stereocenters.
The metallocenes are preferably employed as chiral racemates.
Chiral preferences can also be found at a macroscopic level.
Orphenadrine has a chiral center and two enantiomers.
Chiral dienes have also been described.
Tropicamide has a chiral center and two enantiomers.
Chiral materials are fairly common in nature.
Ethosuximide is a chiral drug with a stereocenter.

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