tautomeric
- a word derived from tautomerism.
Example Sentences
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That night, however, I could not see why the common tautomeric form of guanine would not hydrogen- bond to adenine.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
In fact, organic-chemistry textbooks were littered with pictures of highly improbable tautomeric forms.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
The tautomeric forms I had copied out of Davidson’s book were, in Jerry’s opinion, incorrectly assigned.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
His schemes, until then unknown to us in detail, always dealt with groups of three bases, hydrogen-bonded in the middle, many of which we now knew to be in the wrong tautomeric forms.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Against me was the awkward chemical fact that I had chosen the wrong tautomeric forms of guanine and thymine.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
