racemic
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs.
Origin of racemic
1Words Nearby racemic
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How to use racemic in a sentence
He discovered that racemic acid crystals could be sorted into two asymmetric mirror-image shapes, like pairs of right-handed and left-handed gloves.
Louis Pasteur’s devotion to truth transformed what we know about health and disease | Tom Siegfried | November 18, 2022 | Science Newsracemic acid is rather less soluble than tartaric, and separates first from a solution containing the two acids.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyA solution of racemic acid precipitates a neutral salt of calcium, which is not the case with tartaric acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyExamination of liquors from which racemic acid has been deposited has always shown them to contain much inactive tartaric acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyThis theory does not exclude the probability that certain vines under particular conditions produce racemic acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
In the one case, therefore, the racemic compound has a higher, in the other a lower melting point than the active forms.
The Phase Rule and Its Applications | Alexander Findlay
British Dictionary definitions for racemic
/ (rəˈsiːmɪk, -ˈsɛm-) /
chem of, concerned with, or being a mixture of equal amounts of enantiomers and consequently having no optical activity
Origin of racemic
1Derived forms of racemic
- racemism (ˈræsɪˌmɪzəm, rəˈsiːmɪzəm), noun
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Scientific definitions for racemic
[ rə-sē′mĭk ]
Relating to a chemical compound that contains equal quantities of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms of the compound and therefore does not rotate the plane of incident polarized light.
Relating to or consisting of racemes.
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