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Racemate vs Deracemization - What's the difference?

racemate | deracemization |

In context|chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between racemate and deracemization

is that racemate is (chemistry) any salt or ester of racemic acid while deracemization is (chemistry) the conversion of a racemate into a pure enantiomer or into a mixture in which one enantiomer is present in excess, or of a diastereoisomeric mixture into a single diastereoisomer or into a mixture in which one diastereoisomer predominates.

As nouns the difference between racemate and deracemization

is that racemate is (chemistry) a racemic mixture while deracemization is (chemistry) the conversion of a racemate into a pure enantiomer or into a mixture in which one enantiomer is present in excess, or of a diastereoisomeric mixture into a single diastereoisomer or into a mixture in which one diastereoisomer predominates.

racemate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) a racemic mixture
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of racemic acid
  • Derived terms

    * quasiracemate

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    deracemization

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) The conversion of a racemate into a pure enantiomer or into a mixture in which one enantiomer is present in excess, or of a diastereoisomeric mixture into a single diastereoisomer or into a mixture in which one diastereoisomer predominates