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Carbon is tetravalent, that is it can form four bonds, as in the case of methane. In case, a carbon atom is attached to four different groups or atoms it is said to be chiral or asymmetric.
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Ahluwalia, V.K. (2022). Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds Containing Asymmetric Carbon. In: Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84961-0_4
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