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Interpretation:
Constructing a molecular modeling kit of a molecule for both, the original and its mirror image to verify whether a molecule is superimposable or not.
Concept introduction:
An atom and its mirror image are directly opposite to each other on opposite sides of the mirror. An atom and its mirror image are identical distances away from the mirror. When the mirror is perpendicular to the plane of the page, dash–wedge notation in the mirror image is identical to that in the original molecule. In any molecule, when the mirror image of the molecule is same and indistinguishable from the original, it is superimposable. In a tetrahedral molecule, when two atoms are same, then the molecules are superimposable.
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- Organic Chemistry: A Guided InquiryChemistryISBN:9780618974122Author:Andrei StraumanisPublisher:Cengage Learning