Title: product development control
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - product development control
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.P04863
Status: current

Definition
The term is used for reactions under kinetic control where the selectivity parallels the relative (thermodynamic) stabilities of the products. Product development control is usually associated with a transition state occurring late on the reaction coordinate.

Related Terms
- kinetic control: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/K03398
- reaction coordinate: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/R05168
- selectivity: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/S05565
- steric-approach control: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/S05996
- thermodynamic control: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/T06316
- transition state: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/T06468

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1153 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/P04863/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/P04863/xml

Citation: Citation: 'product development control' 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.P04863
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