stereospecificity

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Etymology[edit]

stereo- +‎ specificity

Noun[edit]

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stereospecificity (countable and uncountable, plural stereospecificities)

  1. (physical chemistry) The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
  2. (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) The property of a polymer that has a specific spatial arrangement of its constituent atoms.

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