The Reason for Handedness in Molecules: Chirality ■Lactic Acid Not Has no plane of symmetry symmetry in any plane conformation and is chiral CH3 OH CO2H OH CH3CHCO2H Lactic acid (chiral) ▪ Lactic Acid ▪ Has no plane of symmetry in any conformation and is chiral The Reason for Handedness in Molecules: Chirality