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English
Etymology
From stereo- + selectivity.
Noun
stereoselectivity (countable and uncountable, plural stereoselectivities)
- (chemistry) The condition of being stereoselective or a measure of the extent to which a reaction is stereoselective
- 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.