stereodirection
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stereodirection (uncountable)
- (chemistry) The process of stereodirecting.
- 1968, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, page 761:
- Coleman and Fox (24) give such an example in which the catalyst system has two reactive sites which are equivalent except for a difference in capacity for stereodirection.
- 2008, Mihály Nógrádi, Stereoselective Synthesis: A Practical Approach (page 130)
- With the free allylic alcohols, in turn, results could be interpreted by assuming stereodirection by hydrogen bonding between the peracid and the hydroxy group.