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stereochemically

stereochemically

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It shows how atoms sit in space inside a molecule
  • adverb
  • /ˌstɛrɪoʊˈkɛmɪkli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : esterequímicamente
  • To create effective drugs, scientists must consider how the compounds interact stereochemically with target proteins.

Examples

  • The chemist analyzed the molecules stereochemically to understand their three-dimensional structure.

  • It would appear that it is this activation and plausibly reliable mechanism that has allowed this usually difficult process to be controlled both chemically and stereochemically.

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  • You have to put them stereochemically, correct, right to get one out of a million, right.

  • So are they stereochemically homo topic?

  • In his research, he focused on how the stereochemically distinct isomers affected the reaction rate.

Surface Forms

stereochemically positive

Morphology

stereochemically = stereochemical (transparent) = stereo + chem + ical + ly

The adverb is formed regularly by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'stereochemical', so the meaning follows directly from the base word.

Etymology

Stereochemically comes from the parts stereo- 'solid' or 'three-dimensional' and chemo- 'chemical'. So, it means 'in a way that shows the three-dimensional shape or how the atoms are arranged in a molecule'.