What is the difference between regiospecific and regioselective; and stereospecific and stereoselective?
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2305Regiospecific implies that only one of the 2 (or more) possible products will be formed. Regioselective implies that one of the possible products will be formed predominantly(However a certain amount of the other product will also be formed).
Similarly I guess you could differentiate between stereospecific and stereoselective.