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stereodirect

stereodirect verb: to direct the stereochemistry of a reaction.

Verb

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

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

Forms of stereodirect

third-person singular presentstereodirects
present participlestereodirecting
past participlestereodirected
paststereodirected

Origin of stereodirect

From stereo- + direct.

Questions about stereodirect

What does stereodirect mean?
Stereodirect means to direct the stereochemistry of a reaction.
What part of speech is stereodirect?
Stereodirect is a verb.
What is the past tense of stereodirect?
The past tense of stereodirect is stereodirected.

Words near stereodirect in the dictionary

  1. stereodeterminant
  2. stereodeterminants
  3. stereodetermining
  4. stereodiagram
  5. stereodiagrams
  6. stereodirect
  7. stereodirected
  8. stereodirecting
  9. stereodirection
  10. stereodirects
  11. stereodisparity

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