stereospecificity

English

Etymology

From stereo- +‎ specificity.

Noun

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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