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racemic

English

Etymology

From French racémique, from Latin rac?mus (cluster or bunch of grapes) + -ique or from raceme +? -ic. The name came from racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???si?m?k/

Adjective

racemic (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (?) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active

Derived terms

  • pseudoracemic

Antonyms

  • enantiopure
  • scalemic

Translations

Anagrams

  • ceramic

Romanian

Etymology

From French racémique

Adjective

racemic m or n (feminine singular racemic?, masculine plural racemici, feminine and neuter plural racemice)

  1. racemic

Declension

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deracemize

English

Etymology

de- +? racemize

Verb

deracemize (third-person singular simple present deracemizes, present participle deracemizing, simple past and past participle deracemized)

  1. (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers

Related terms

  • racemize

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