Q. 31a - Organic Chemistry (Mcmurry)

Question

Q 31 Which of the following objects are chiral?

 (a) A basketball 

 (b) A fork

 (c) A wine glass

 (d) A golf club 

(e) A spiral staircase 

(f) A snowflake

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

(a).  None of the objects are chiral.

Step 1: Definition of chiral.

Chiral objects are those which have non superimposable mirror images of each other.

Step 2: Check Chirality.

Dashed line represents the mirror.

As we can see, football has superimposable mirror images.

Hence, football is not chiral.