achiral
/eɪˈkaɪrəl/
adjective
- Describing a molecule or object that is identical to its mirror image; not chiral.
- The student identified the molecule as achiral after checking for symmetry.
- In chemistry class, we learned that achiral compounds do not rotate plane-polarized light.
- Methane is an achiral molecule because it has a plane of symmetry.
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