Organic Chemistry> CHIRAL CENTRE VS STEREOCENTRE???...

Q.What is the difference between STEREOCENTRE AND CHIRAL CENTRE? It is quite confusing!Please clarify!!!

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Sunindra kanghujam

sunindra kanghujam , 13 Years ago

Grade 12

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Rahul Kumar

Last Activity: 13 Years ago

Stereocentre- If there is no plane of symmetry in the molecule of an organic compound, we say it is having a stereocentre.

Chiral Centre/Chiral Carbon Atom - If in a moelcule there is a carbon atom such that it is linked to four different atoms or groups, we say it is having chiral carbon atom.Example-Lactic acid

Note- A molecule may have chiral centre but not necessarily stereocentre

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suchita undare

Last Activity: 13 Years ago

stereocentre is across which stereoisomers we can get, a double bond showing cis and trans isomers is also stereocentre...

every chiral centre is stereo centre but not only the stereocentre if there is double bond in the molecule showing cis and trans...

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Neelakash Biswas

Last Activity: 9 Years ago

A stereogenic center is an element where the interchange of two substituents will lead to a stereoisomer. A chiral center is a specific type of stereogenic center where reflection of the molecule results in a nonsuperimposable mirror image of that center. Not all stereogenic centers are chiral centers: achiral molecules can contain stereogenic centers. The term "chiral center" is often misused where stereogenic center is correct