Enantioselective synthesis
FORM OF CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
Chiral ligand; Asymmetric catalyst; Asymmetric reaction; Chiral synthesis; Stereoselective synthesis; Asymmetric catalysis; Merckwald asymmetric synthesis; Chiral catalyst; Stereoselective reactions; Stereoselective reaction; Asymmetric synthesis; Enantoselective reaction; Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation; Enanotioselectivities
Enantioselective synthesis, also called asymmetric synthesis, is a form of chemical synthesis. It is defined by IUPAC as "a chemical reaction (or reaction sequence) in which one or more new elements of chirality are formed in a substrate molecule and which produces the stereoisomeric (enantiomeric or diastereoisomeric) products in unequal amounts.