Chiral Carbons Tetrahedral carbons with 4 different attached groups are chiral. If there's only one chiral carbon in a molecule,its mirror image will be a different compound (enantiomer). mirror => 6 Copyright2005 Pearson Prentice Hall,IncChapter 5 6 Chiral Carbons • Tetrahedral carbons with 4 different attached groups are chiral. • If there’s only one chiral carbon in a molecule, its mirror image will be a different compound (enantiomer). =>