achiral
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achiral (not comparable)
(mathematics, chemistry) superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral
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An interesting recent observation is of the formation of chiral mesophases from achiral LC molecules.
In nature, only one enantiomer of most chiral biological compounds, such as amino acids (except glycine, which is achiral), is present.