What are Chiral Compounds?

Answer:

• A Chiral compound can be defined as a compound that cannot be placed on the mirror image of the specific compound. 
• We can try many combinations and rotational methods, but a chiral compound can never be superposed on the mirror image. This is the characteristic property without any exception.
• The existence of chiral compounds is in the form of stereoisomers, better known as enantiomers, which are further divided into left-handed and right-handed images. 
• The enantiomers have the same physical and chemical properties. However, the homogeneous mixture of enantiomers results in a mixture that has different physical and chemical properties. 
• The optical characteristics of enantiomers are different from each other.