chirogenesis

English

Noun

chirogenesis

1. The process of making something chiral.
   • 2000, The Porphyrin Handbook: Bioinorganic and bioorganic chemistry, page 102:

     Numerous studies of supramolectular chirogenesis by coordination of a chiral ligand to an achiral metallo-porphyrin system have been published.

Derived terms

• photochirogenesis