Q31f. - Organic Chemistry (Mcmurry)

Question

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

 

(f)

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

A snowflake is not chiral.

Step 1: Definition of chiral.

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

Step 2: Check Chirality.

The dashed line represents the position of the mirror.

As we can see, snowflakes have superimposable mirror images. Hence, Snowflakes are not chiral.