different between stereoselective vs stereoselectivity

English

stereo- +? selective

stereoselective (comparative more stereoselective, superlative most stereoselective)

(chemistry) Of a chemical reaction in which the production of one stereoisomer is favoured over all others.

stereo- +? selectivity

stereoselectivity (countable and uncountable, plural stereoselectivities)

(chemistry) The condition of being stereoselective or a measure of the extent to which a reaction is stereoselective
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The stereoselectivity that occurs in these vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations results in a strong preference for the formation of cis-divinylcyclopropanes.

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