stereochemistryn.
/ˌstɛriːəʊˈkɛmɪstri/ That department of chemistry which deals with theoretical differences in the relative position in space of atoms in a molecule, in relation to differences in the optical and chemical properties of the substances. Also, the stereochemical properties of something; a stereochemical configuration or arrangement.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical structure or stereochemistry > [noun]
stereochemistry1890
the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > branches of chemistry > [noun]
physical chemistry1743
zymology1753
pneumatic chemistry1788
stoicheiometry1807
electrochemistry1811
phytochemistry1837
thermochemistry1844
actinochemistry1845
inorganic chemistry1847
phytochimy1847
biochemistry1848
microchemistry1853
palaeochemistry1854
actinology1855
photochemistry1860
physico-chemistry1860
zymotechny1860
anorganology1876
kinetics1884
structural chemistry1884
stereochemistry1890
spectrochemistry1893
cytochemistry1900
radiochemistry1904
immunochemistry1907
magnetochemistry1914
leptonology1917
surface chemistry1919
crystal chemistry1921
radiation chemistry1926
leptology1928
mechanochemistry1928
agrochemistry1930
sonochemistry1934
quantum chemistry1938
cosmochemistry1940
polymer chemistry1945
conductometry1946
topochemistry1948
proto-chemistry1962
stereology1963
biochem1968
femtochemistry1988
combinatorial chemistry1992
cheminformatics1996
1890 V. Meyer in Smithsonian Rep. 366 Le Bel and van't Hoff..considering those substances which turn the plane of polarization of light, arrived at..a conception of the aggregation of the atoms within the molecules in space. Thus a field of study was created which van't Hoff called ‘la chimie dans l'espace’ and which we now call Stereochemistry.
1899 Dublin Rev. Oct. 340 This is called Geometrical Isomerism or Stereochemistry.
1905 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1904 169 The stereochemistry of nitrogen has..attracted considerable attention.
1969 Jrnl. Leeds Univ. Union Chem. Soc. 11 43 The important stereochemistries are octahedral.., tetrahedral.., and square planar.
1972 Nature 21 Jan. 180/3 Nyholm's researches in transition metal chemistry..were particularly concerned with metal carbonyl, metal–metal bonded systems, unusual stereochemistries and..the reactivity of coordinated organic groups.
1972 C. H. DePuy & O. L. Chapman Molecular Reactions & Photochem. vi. 84 It is often observed that related thermal and photochemical processes, while both stereospecific, give products with differing stereochemistry.
Derivatives
ˌstereo-ˈchemical adj. relating to stereochemistry.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical structure or stereochemistry > [adjective]
stereo-chemical1890
the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > branches of chemistry > [adjective]
mago-chemical1652
physico-chemical1664
chemico-medical1744
unorganic1775
pneumato-chemical1790
electrochemical1808
electrochemic1813
zymological1828
photochemical1858
thermochemical1871
physiochemical1881
stoicheiometrical1887
stereo-chemical1890
stoicheiometric1892
physical-chemical1896
zymotechnic1896
zymotechnical1900
photochemic1907
magnetochemical1911
immunochemical1912
radiochemical1915
topochemical1920
palaeochemical1926
cosmochemical1940
mechanochemical1943
radiation-chemical1946
sonochemical1948
stereological1963
bioinorganic1970
thermochemic-
1890 V. Meyer in Smithsonian Rep. 366 Numerous cases of isomerism..were regarded as stereo-chemical ones.
1907 A. W. Stewart Stereochem. 314 Stereochemical problems into which isomerism does not enter.
1937 Nature 10 July 49/2 That useful stereochemical agent, α-phenylethylamine.
stereoˈchemically adv. as regards the relative spatial positions of atoms.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical structure or stereochemistry > [adverb]
stereochemically1890
sterically1918
the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > branches of chemistry > [adverb]
photochemically1858
physico-chemically1885
stereochemically1890
radiochemically1915
immunochemically1940
cosmochemically1957
mechanochemically1961
topochemically1962
phytochemically1969
stereologically1972
thermochemically-
1890 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 58 ii. 970 The authors regard the existence of stereochemically isomeric azo-compounds as doubtful.
1935 R. S. Tipson & E. T. Stiller in B. Harrow & C. P. Sherwin Textbk. Biochem. ii. 84 Where the two monoses are not identical, four stereochemically different disaccharides are theoretically capable of existence.
1974 G. B. Gill & M. R. Willis Pericyclic Reactions iii. 75 The stereochemically distinguishable modes of addition on a single olefin component.
stereoˈchemist n. an expert or specialist in stereochemistry.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > general chemist > specific types of chemist > [noun]
proto-chemist1650
zymologist1828
physico-chemist1866
molecularist1869
food chemist1885
thermochemist1890
photochemist1894
physical chemist1896
zymotechnologist1896
radiochemist1917
immunochemist1930
stereochemist1937
polymer chemist1948
radiation chemist1951
kineticist1960
stereologist1963
1937 Nature 10 July 49/2 The stereochemist is catered for in the precise directions given for [etc.].
1963 Times 23 Jan. 15/1 From there he went in 1905 to the University of Zurich to work with Alfred Werner, the distinguished stereochemist.
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