The modification of an object which results in the loss of one or more symmetry elements,
such as those which preclude
chirality (mirror plane, centre of
inversion, rotation-reflection axis), as in the conversion of a
prochiral molecular entity into a
chiral one.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2205
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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