キラル

noun-modifying (irregular)

chiral

Chemistry term describing a molecule that is not superimposable on its mirror image; used attributively in phrases like キラル分子 (chiral molecule).

• この化か合ごう物ぶつはキラル中ちゅう心しんを持もつ。

  This compound has a chiral center.

• キラルな分ぶん子しは光こう学がく異い性せい体たいを示しめす。

  Chiral molecules exhibit optical isomerism.