Iteroselectivity: the selectivity that organic chemistry was missing

A new type of selectivity to better describe reactivity in organic chemistry has been conceptualized. Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry (LCO - ULB) have published their work in Cell Reports Physical Science.

An important part of organic chemistry consists of the synthesis of products via a sequence of chemical reactions. Performing a chemical reaction in a highly selective manner is one of the big challenges in this field. Indeed, the non-selective transformation of a substrate leads to the formation of unwanted products that can often be difficult to separate from the target product. ...