stereoselectivity

English

Etymology

From stereo- +‎ selectivity.

Noun

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.