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You cant superimpose a model of the molecule on a model of its mirror image for the same reason that you cant superimpose a left hand on a right hand: They simply arent the same. A molecule that is not identical to its mirror image is a kind of stereoisomer called an enantiomer; Enantiomers are related to each other as a right hand is related to a left hand and result whenever a tetrahedral carbon atom is bonded to four different substituents (one need not be H). 6.2 The Reason for Handedness in Molecules: Chirality. A molecule is not chiral if it contains a plane of symmetry. A plane o