Chiral Carbon Atoms Rings are not essential for chirality,consider 2-bromobutane: mirror CH; CH; *C…H H.C* CH2CH2 Br Br CH>CH3 2-Bromobutane cannot be superimposed on its mirror image-it is chiral,and it exists in two enantiomeric forms. Any carbon bound to 4 different groups will be a chiral centre Ch05 Stereochemistry (landscape) Page5 Ch05 Stereochemistry (landscape) Page 5 Chiral Carbon Atoms Rings are not essential for chirality, consider 2-bromobutane: 2-Bromobutane cannot be superimposed on its mirror image – it is chiral, and it exists in two enantiomeric forms. Any carbon bound to 4 different groups will be a chiral centre