Chiral Molecules | MCAT Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:23 What is chirality in chemistry? 0:30 What are asymmetric carbon atoms? 0:59 Non-superimposable mirror images of chiral molecules (animation) 1:06 Understanding the 3D structures of chiral compounds 2:44 Why can't we superimpose mirror images of chiral molecules? 3:24 Superimposable mirror images 3:43 Hands are non-superimposable images of each other 3:55 Enantiomers 4:48 Thalidomide example 5:47 Outro