verb
- converting or causing to convert into an epimer; rearranging the stereochemical configuration at one or more chiral centers in a molecule
Usage: chemistry; British spelling (American: epimerizing); present participle form
Examples
- The chemist is epimerising the sugar compound to study its structural variants.
- Heat can facilitate epimerising reactions in certain carbohydrate solutions.
- The laboratory procedure involves epimerising glucose to produce mannose.
- Epimerising the molecule altered its optical properties significantly.