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stereospecific

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stereospecific /ster·eo·spe·cif·ic/ (ster″e-o-spĕ-sif´ik) exhibiting marked specificity for one of several stereoisomers of a substrate or reactant; said of enzymes or of synthetic organic reactions.
stereospecific [ster″e-o-spĕ-sif´ik]
exhibiting marked specificity for one of several stereoisomers of a substrate or reactant; said of enzymes or of synthetic organic reactions.

stereospecific
pertaining to enzymes that interact only with substrates of very specific structure.


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Levels of HBCD in harbour porpoises and common dolphin from western European seas with evidence for stereospecific biotransformation by cytochrome P450.
The E,E and E, Z isomers of DCPBD react with MTAD to produce only the corresponding stereospecific 4+2 adducts and two 2+2 adducts.
Stereospecificity can be achieved by rotational restrictions that store any substrate chirality in the intermediate triplet biradical and yield a stereospecific product.
 
 
 
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