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Stereochemistry vs Stereocontrol - What's the difference?

stereochemistry | stereocontrol |

As nouns the difference between stereochemistry and stereocontrol

is that stereochemistry is the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species while stereocontrol is control of the stereochemistry of a reaction.

stereochemistry

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Noun

(wikipedia stereochemistry)
  • (chemistry, uncountable) the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species
  • (chemistry, countable) the effect of such spatial arrangement on the chemistry of a particular compound

    • stereocontrol

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    Noun

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  • (chemistry) control of the stereochemistry of a reaction
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::The stereocontrol that is possible with this type of chemistry is illustrated in the case of cis- and trans-piperylene.