True or False: A molecule must have a chiral carbon to be chiral.
False. Chirality depends on the lack of symmetry. Molecules like Allenes, Spiranes, and ortho-substituted Biphenyls can be chiral due to axial chirality without chiral carbons.
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What prevents rotation in chiral Biphenyls (Atropisomerism)?
Why are simple chiral amines (like ) not optically active at room temperature?
What is a Pseudo-asymmetric center?