stereoselectivity

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English

Etymology

From stereo- +‎ selectivity.

Noun

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stereoselectivity (countable and uncountable, plural stereoselectivities)

  1. (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.