Title: asymmetric photochemistry
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - asymmetric photochemistry
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.AT07328
Status: current

Definition
Photochemical process leading to a chiral substance from an achiral precursor such that one enantiomer predominates over the other.

Note
Asymmetric induction may be achieved by the use of chiral reagents, a chiral environment, or circularly polarized light.

Related Terms
- Asymmetric induction: https://dev.goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00483
- achiral: https://dev.goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00069
- chiral: https://dev.goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01057
- enantiomer: https://dev.goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/E02069

Source
- PAC, 2007, 79, 293. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry, 3rd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)' on page 304 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779030293)

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Citation: Citation: 'asymmetric photochemistry' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.AT07328
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