enantioselective

English

Etymology

enantio- +‎ selective

Adjective

enantioselective (comparative more enantioselective, superlative most enantioselective)

  1. (chemistry, of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
      In combination with the two complementary methods that have been developed for asymmetric vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations, the chemistry is applicable to the enantioselective synthesis of a wide variety of acyclic, cyclic, and polycyclic systems.
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