stereoselectivity

noun

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.”

OriginEnglish selectivity ← Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *ster- →
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Meanings

nounstereoselectivity (countable and uncountable, plural stereoselectivities)

plural stereoselectivities

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe 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.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  3. Ancient Greekστερεο- (stereo-)
  4. Englishstereo-
  5. Englishselective
  6. Englishselectivity
  7. Englishstereoselectivity

From stereo- + selectivity.

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