Optical Isomerism

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what is a chiral centre?

an atom with 4 different groups attached to it with no line of symmetry

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what is optical isomerism a form of?

stereoisomerism

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what does the chiral centre create?

2 possible isomers that are non-superimposable mirror images

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what do the mirror image isomers do?

rotate plane polarised light in opposite directions