Reverse water. The chiral twin.
Water isn’t a chiral molecule though.
Which is why I wrote:
I’ve never heard of it.
(Is chirality determined by atoms of the substance bonding with themselves, or is HOH enough that ‘that’s symmetrical’ so ‘no chirality for water’?)
It’s because H-O-H is symmetrical. The simplest chiral molecule would be something like a tetrahedral structure with four different elements as the “points” (one of which could be an lone pair).
Water isn’t a chiral molecule though.
Which is why I wrote:
I’ve never heard of it.
(Is chirality determined by atoms of the substance bonding with themselves, or is HOH enough that ‘that’s symmetrical’ so ‘no chirality for water’?)
It’s because H-O-H is symmetrical. The simplest chiral molecule would be something like a tetrahedral structure with four different elements as the “points” (one of which could be an lone pair).