adjective
definition
Of an object that exhibits chirality, as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix.
Examples of chiral in a Sentence
Of particular interest is the supporting of chiral species for asymmetric catalysis.
This approach is becoming increasingly popular in Organic Chemistry as an alternative to the used of expensive chiral catalysts and auxiliaries.
We believe that this may be adapted to prepare novel chiral chelating diamines.
An experimental and computational study of the enantioselective lithiation of N -Boc pyrrolidine using sparteine-like chiral diamines, J. Am.
A high correlation has been found between the scaled index and helical twisting power for a range of chiral dopants.
It appears to be a useful tool, therefore, for the chiral ligands that have been tested.
There is thus a pressing need for a reliable means of identifying the hand of a chiral molecule.
We are also interested in controlling the relative stereochemistry of polymerisation using chiral organometallic catalysts.
If the substituent groups are different, then the molecule will be chiral.