Title: chiral selector
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - chiral selector
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.CT06931
Status: current

Definition
The chiral component of the separation system capable of interacting enantioselectively with the enantiomers to be separated.

Related Term
- chiral: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01057

Source
- PAC, 1997, 69, 1469. 'Analytical chiral separation methods (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)' on page 1472 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199769071469)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/CT06931/xml

Citation: Citation: 'chiral selector' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.CT06931
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