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mutarotation

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[myoo-tuh-roh-tey-shuhn] / ˌmyu tə roʊˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a gradual change in the optical rotation of freshly prepared solutions of reducing sugars.


Etymology

Origin of mutarotation

1895–1900; < Latin mūtā ( re ) to change + rotation

Example Sentences

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It is a reducing sugar; forms a characteristic osazone; and exhibits mutarotation.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

The mannose which is obtained from these by hydrolysis is very similar to glucose in its properties, forms the same osazones as do glucose and fructose, exhibits mutarotation, etc.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

The disaccharides of Type 2, since they contain no potentially active aldehyde group, do not reduce Fehling's solution, nor form osazones; neither do they exhibit mutarotation.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Solutions exhibit mutarotation, fresh solutions having a specific rotation of −104.0�, which gradually diminishes to −92�.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

They all show mutarotation and exist in two modifications, indicating that the component groups have the closed-ring arrangement.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred