racemate

American

[rey-see-meyt, ruh-] / reɪˈsi meɪt, rə- /

noun

Chemistry.

a salt or ester of racemic acid.
a racemic compound.

Etymology

Origin of racemate

First recorded in 1825–35; racem(ic acid) + -ate ²

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Thus, Pasteur showed that Penicillium glaucum, when grown in an aqueous solution of ammonium racemate, decomposed the dextro-tartrate, leaving the laevo-tartrate, and the solution which was originally inactive to polarized light became dextro-rotatory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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