A carbon which is attached to four different atoms or group of atoms with different environment is called as
Chiral Carbon or
Asymmetric Carbon.
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superimposable:
</span> The mirror image (molecule) of chiral carbon cotaining compounds are Non.Superimposable on each other. They are called enantiomers of each other.
Polarized Light and Chiral Carbon: When a polarized light is allowed to fall on either enantiomer of chiral compound, it is rotated other clockwise or anti-clockwise.
Examples: Below are three axamples of compounds containing chiral carbon.
In a reduction-oxidation or better known as REDOX reaction, the substance that reduces the oxidation state is known as the substance that is REDUCED. It serves as the oxidizing agent. Thus, Au3+ in this number is considered as the oxidizing agent.
D. Potential is not moving, while kinetic is moving.