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Oct 8, 2015

See explanation.

Explanation:

Here is a drawing of the structure of #CHClBrI# and its mirror image:
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The first stereoisomer is the #S# stereoisomer and its mirror image is the #R# stereoisomer . They are called enantiomers.

It is not possible to superimpose the two mirror images since the compound is chiral.

A carbon atom is called stereogenic centre when all its four substituents are different than each other.

Compounds with one stereogenic centre are always chiral; which is the case of this compound.