The resulting molecule would lack symmetry and is referred to
as asymmetric molecule The asymmetry of the molecule along
with non superimposability of mirror images is responsible for
the optical activity in such organic compounds The symmetry and asymmetry are also observed in many day to day
objects: a sphere, a cube, a cone, are all identical to
their mirror images and can be superimposed However, many objects are non superimposable on
their mirror images