chiraalinen
Chiraalinen is the Finnish term for chirality, a property of asymmetry where an object is not superimposable on its mirror image. In chemistry and related sciences, chiraalinen describes molecules or structures that lack an internal plane of symmetry and often contain stereogenic elements.
A common source of chirality in chemistry is a stereogenic center, typically a tetrahedral carbon bearing four
Chirality has implications beyond individual stereocenters. Axial chirality (as seen in certain biaryl compounds), planar chirality,
In biology, chirality is a fundamental feature of life. Biological systems preferentially use one hand of chiral
Historical note: the concept originated with Louis Pasteur’s separation of enantiomers of tartaric acid in the