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Homework Statement
Find if a molecule is chiral or not. It is 2-chloropentane
Homework Equations
IF the mirror image is superimposable to the molecule it is not chiral.
The Attempt at a Solution
Well I wrote the structural formula in 2D and I thought it was not chiral.(bottom )
But the book wrote a 3d image and concluded it is chiral.(top part of the image)
How can I know, a priori, that the molecule is not in a plane?
http://imgur.com/a/32omH