This is the only centrosymmetric triclinic point group. In common with all centrosymmetric point groups, this point group has an inversion centre, shown as an open circle, which changes the handedness of the two symmetry equivalent points.
(You may like to compare this figure to the symmetry of R,S′ CHFCl-CHFCl shown earlier.)
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