Stereoselectivity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The condition of being stereoselective or a measure of the extent to which a reaction is stereoselective countable, uncountable
"Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich The stereoselectivity that occurs in these vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations results in a strong preference for the formation of cis-divinylcyclopropanes."
Example
More examples"Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich The stereoselectivity that occurs in these vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations results in a strong preference for the formation of cis-divinylcyclopropanes."
Etymology
From stereo- + selectivity.
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