Definition of Racemation. Meaning of Racemation. Synonyms of Racemation

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Definition of Racemation

Racemation
Racemation Rac`e*ma"tion, n. [L. racematio a gleaning, fr. racemari to glean, racemus a cluster of grapes. See Raceme.] 1. A cluster or bunch, as of grapes. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes. [R.]

Meaning of Racemation from wikipedia

- A raceme (/reɪˈsiːm, rə-/) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots...
- In chemistry, racemization is a conversion, by heat or by chemical reaction, of an optically active compound into a racemic (optically inactive) form...
- salt. Racemic mixtures are rare in nature, but many compounds are produced industrially as racemates. The first known racemic mixture was racemic acid...
- Racemic acid is an old name for an optically inactive or racemic form of tartaric acid. It is an equal mixture of two mirror-image isomers (enantiomers)...
- Racemic crystallography is a technique used in structural biology where crystals of a protein molecule are developed from an equimolar mixture of an L-protein...
- A foxtail is a spikelet or cluster of a gr****, that serves to dis**** its seeds as a unit. Thus, the foxtail is a type of diaspore or plant dispersal...
- Akebia longeracemosa or long-racemed akebia is a member of the chocolate vine genus, Akebia, and more specifically a relative of the commonly known, Akebia...
- Chiral drugs that are equimolar (1:1) mixture of enantiomers are called racemic drugs and these are obviously devoid of optical rotation. The most commonly...
- Nepeta racemosa, the dwarf catnip or raceme catnip, syn. N. mussiniii, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the Caucasus...
- compound raceme Melilotus officinalis (homoeothetic compound raceme) Heterothetic compound raceme Veronica albicans (heterothetic compound raceme) Compound...