Can a non chiral object be made of two identical chiral moieties?

Jean-François Le Maréchal (1)

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Several pedagogical objects can be used to discuss chirality. Here, we use the cut of an apple to show that the association of identical chiral moieties can form a non chiral object. Octahedral chirality is used to find situations equivalent to the cut of the apple.

Mots clés: Second-Year Undergraduate; Inorganic Chemistry; Analogies; Coordination Compounds; Chirality; Octahedral chirality; Enantiomorph; Symmetry; King's cut

Domaines: Education; Autre; Chimie de coordination

Jean-François Le Maréchal. Can a non chiral object be made of two identical chiral moieties?. Journal of Chemical Education, 2008, 85 (3), pp.433-435. ⟨hal-00267557⟩