Preferred Label : chirality centre;
IUPAC definition : An atom holding a set of ligands in a spatial arrangement which is not superposable
on its mirror image. A chirality centre is thus a generalized extension of the concept
of the asymmetric carbon atom to central atoms of any element, for example N sup class
plus /sup abcd, Pabc as well as Cabcd.;
Origin ID : C01060;
See also
An atom holding a set of ligands in a spatial arrangement which is not superposable
on its mirror image. A chirality centre is thus a generalized extension of the concept
of the asymmetric carbon atom to central atoms of any element, for example N sup class
plus /sup abcd, Pabc as well as Cabcd.
