https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05990
A chemical reaction (or reaction @ST06775@) in which one or more new elements of @C01058@ are formed in a substrate molecule and which produces the stereoisomeric (enantiomeric or diastereoisomeric) products in unequal amounts. Traditionally called @A00484@.
See also:
stereoselectivity
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2219 [Terms] [Paper]