Properties and classification of enantiomerization pathways

Enantiomerization and automerization pathways are analyzed quantitatively using the continuous chirality measures methodology. The analysis gives rise to a number of new concepts and new descriptive tools, including isochirality, chirality maps, phase maps of nearest achirality and non‐handed chirality. These allow one to classify enantiomerization processes into chiral, achiral, isochiral and non‐handed categories.