stereodirect

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stereo- +‎ direct

Verb[edit]

stereodirect (third-person singular simple present stereodirects, present participle stereodirecting, simple past and past participle stereodirected)

  1. (transitive, chemistry) To direct the stereochemistry of a reaction.
    • 1999, Gerard V. Smith, Ferenc Notheisz, Heterogeneous Catalysis in Organic Chemistry, page 292:
      This anchoring can stereodirect adsorption.
    • 2014, Yves Queneau, A Pilar Rauter, Thisbe Lindhorst, Carbohydrate Chemistry: Chemical and Biological Approaches, page 202:
      The stereodirecting effect of the C-5-glycuronate ester has been demonstrated in the synthesis of mannuronic acid alginate oligomers.

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