The predominant formation of the same
stereoisomer or stereoisomer mixture of a reaction product when two different
stereoisomers of the reactant are used in the same reaction. When that product involved in the
reaction is one
enantiomer the result has been called enantioconvergence.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2218
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