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Glyceraldehyde and the Fischer Projection: Chirality

A model of glyceraldehyde is shown with its mirror image. They are not superimposable.

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A model of glyceraldehyde is shown along with its mirror reflection. The mirror is removed and the models are compared. Glyceraldehyde is chiral because it is nonsuperimpossable with its mirror image.

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Design, Text and Demonstrator:  
  Gary Trammell University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794
Videographer/Editor:  
  Steve Dykema University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794
Voice:  
  Margaret Biddle University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Audio Production:  
  Greg Minix University of Wisconsin - Madison, College of Engineering, Madison, WI 53706
  Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706