stereodirection

English

Etymology

stereo- +‎ direction

Noun

stereodirection (uncountable)

1. (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.

Related terms

• stereodirect