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enantioselective

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  • adjective chemistry (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers

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Examples

  • My research group grew and the scope of our work broadened to include other topics: enantioselective synthesis, metal complexes, new reactions for synthesis and enzyme chemistry.

    Elias James Corey - Autobiography 1991

  • The chemistry builds on a procedure recently developed in our laboratories, permitting catalytic enantioselective oxygen transfer to alkenes over a short timescale, in the presence of as little as 0.1 mol% of catalyst.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Hamashima, Y. & Sodeoka, M. Diastereo - and enantioselective conjugate addition of α-ketoesters to nitroalkenes catalyzed by a chiral

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • Gladysz's research covers a broad spectrum of fields and industries, including nanotechnology, organic synthesis and enantioselective reactions.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

  • Gladysz's research covers a broad spectrum of fields and industries, including nanotechnology, organic synthesis and enantioselective reactions.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

  • The chemistry builds on a procedure recently developed in our laboratories, permitting catalytic enantioselective oxygen transfer to alkenes over a short timescale, in the presence of as little as 0.1 mol% of catalyst.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • This is the first characterization of an enantioselective odorant receptor in insects and the results demonstrate that an OR alone, without helper proteins, can account for chiral specificity exhibited by olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs).

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • Only recently were enantioselective odorant receptors demonstrated in mammals while their existence in insects has remained hypothetical.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

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