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Racemic vs Racemorphanol - What's the difference?

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In chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between racemic and racemorphanol

is that 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 while racemorphanol is (chemistry) the racemic mixture of dextrorphanol and levorphanol.

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 racemorphanol is

(chemistry) the racemic mixture of dextrorphanol and levorphanol.

racemic

English

(wikipedia 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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    racemorphanol

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) The racemic mixture of dextrorphanol and levorphanol.