chirogenesis

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noun

The process of making something chiral.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The process of making something chiral.

    Numerous studies of supramolectular chirogenesis by coordination of a chiral ligand to an achiral metallo-porphyrin system have been published.

    2000, The Porphyrin Handbook: Bioinorganic and bioorganic chemistry, page 102
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