Title: enantiomerically enriched
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - enantiomerically enriched
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.E02071
Status: current

Definition
A sample of a chiral substance whose enantiomeric ratio is greater than \(50\ \colon\ 50\) but less than \(100\ \colon\ 0\).

Related Terms
- chiral: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01057
- enantiomeric ratio: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E02075

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. 'Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2207 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122193)

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Citation: Citation: 'enantiomerically enriched' 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.E02071
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