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# How to pronounce "prochiral" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/prɒtʃɪræl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **pro·chi·ral**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective
- **ADJECTIVE**: having two constitutionally identical ligands (atoms or groups), replacement of either one by a different ligand making the molecule chiral

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "prochiral" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "For example, if one of them, instead of an H, were a deuterium, then it would be a chiral center. So that thing is called prochiral. It would be chiral if the enantiotopic atoms, or groups -- it could be chlorines or it could be methyl groups or whatever; if they were made different"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 16:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDwNI_338E&t=1009s)

### Example 2
> "OH at that carbon -- the prochiral carbon -- is obviously top, and the methyl, the carbon group attached to it, is second; but the two hydrogens come"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 18:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDwNI_338E&t=1085s)

### Example 3
> "I want to return to storyboard 7 to make some comments about the importance of prochirality in some enzymatic reactions."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOYHJLqP2Ps&t=615s)

### Example 4
> "But it's called, for this purpose of topicity stuff, "prochiral"; that is, it will become chiral"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 16:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDwNI_338E&t=990s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "prochiral" correctly?
"prochiral" is pronounced `/prɒtʃɪræl/`. Syllable breakdown: **pro·chi·ral**.

### What does "prochiral" mean in context?
having two constitutionally identical ligands (atoms or groups), replacement of either one by a different ligand making the molecule chiral

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