How to Identify Chiral Atoms, Chiral Molecules, and Meso Compounds

In this video we'll go over what makes an atom chiral, what makes a molecule chiral, and how to identify chiral atoms and molecules. Plus, we'll talk about the meso compounds.

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00:00 What is Chiral?
01:44 What makes atom chiral?
03:48 Example of chiral atom 1
04:57 Example of chiral atom 2
07:15 Meso compounds
10:57 Plane of symmetry in meso compounds
13:34 Example 1
14:41 Example 2
16:29 Example 3
17:03 Example 4

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