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Racemic vs Enantiomers - What's the difference?

racemic | enantiomers |

As an adjective racemic

is (chemistry) containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (d) and levorotatory (l) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active; typically, will be synthetic rather than natural.

As a noun enantiomers is

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racemic

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (chemistry) containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (D) and levorotatory (L) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active; typically, will be synthetic rather than natural
  • Antonyms

    * scalemic

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    enantiomers

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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