Racemization

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Conversion of an optically active substance to a racemic form.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The formation of a racemate from a pure enantiomer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The process of rendering racemic; the transformation of a single optically active (dextro- or levorotatory) compound into the racemic form. It involves the change of one half of the molecules of the substance into the isomeric form with opposite optical rotation.
  • Word Usage
    "The new method uses the natural deterioration of silk's amino acids to determine its age by calculating that change over time—a process known as racemization."
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