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Supramolecular chirality
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, the term supramolecular chirality is used to describe <a href="/facts/Supramolecular_assembly/owSHJkaX">supramolecular assemblies</a> that are non-superposable on their mirror images. </p><p><a href="/facts/Chirality_(chemistry)/p5a9pftB">Chirality</a> in <a href="/facts/Supramolecular_chemistry/wwUfD0fk">supramolecular chemistry</a> implies the non-symmetric arrangement of molecular components in a non-covalent assembly. Chirality may arise in a <a href="/facts/Supramolecular/wwUfD0fk">supramolecular </a> system if one of its component is chiral or if achiral components arrange in a non symmetrical way to produce a <a href="/facts/Supermolecule/jDebp8ox">supermolecule</a> that is chiral. </p>