English Explanatory Dictionary

desymmetrization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any reaction that results in the loss of one or more symmetry elements, but especially the conversion of a prochiral molecule into a chiral one

Word forms

desymmetrization desymmetrizations

Etymology

From de- + symmetrization.

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