Stereoisomers that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other are called enantiomers, which possess identical physical properties but differ in the rotation of plane-polarized light.

Butan-2-ol is a chiral molecule because it has four different groups attached to the tetrahedral carbon, resulting in non-superimposability on its mirror image.

The presence of a single asymmetric carbon, or stereocentre, in a molecule is an aid in recognizing chirality. Molecules with this feature are often chiral, leading to non-superimposability of their mirror images and optical activity.

Chirality in molecules refers to the property of being non-superimposable on their mirror images. Chiral molecules exhibit optical activity, while achiral molecules are optically inactive.

Haloalkanes have low solubility in water because energy is required to overcome attractions between haloalkane molecules and break hydrogen bonds in water. The new attractions between haloalkanes and water molecules are weaker than the original hydrogen bonds in water, resulting ...