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Can a chiral center have double bonds?

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Nov 15, 2015

No.

Explanation:

As a general definition of chiral centres that are #sp^3# hybridized carbons with four different substituents .
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However, carbon atoms carrying double bonds they are #sp^2# hybridized carbons .
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