For 10 points, name this property of molecules that possesses a non-superimposable mirror image.
In SN2 reactions with compounds that posses this property, Walden inversion occurs and this property was first accounted for by van't Hoff as a consequence of bond structure. The group with the lowest priority is positioned away from the observer in order to classified this property as R and S based on Chan-Ingold-Prelog priority rules. Glycine is the only amino acid to lack this property while in sugars the D conformer is most favorable for the formation of peptide bonds. Due to this property, the morning sickness drug thalidomide is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers, one of which is teratogenic. For 10 points, name this property of molecules that possesses a non-superimposable mirror image.
In SN2 reactions with compounds that posses this property, Walden inversion occurs and this property was first accounted for by van't Hoff as a consequence of bond structure.
{Chirality}