Chiral drugs are pharmaceutical compounds that possess chirality, meaning they exist in multiple forms that are mirror images of each other, known as enantiomers. This characteristic arises from the presence of a specific carbon atom (often referred to as a chiral center) that is bonded to four different substituents. Because of this asymmetry, two enantiomers can have significantly different biological activities, side effects, and pharmacokinetics.
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