1. converted into an epimer; undergone epimerization (a chemical process in which a compound is converted to its epimer, a stereoisomer differing in configuration at one stereogenic center)
Usage: chemistry; technical; past tense and past participle of epimerize

Examples

• The glucose solution was epimerized to produce mannose under basic conditions.
• When the sugar was epimerized, it formed a mixture of two stereoisomers.
• The compound epimerized at the C-2 position during the reaction.
• Researchers epimerized the natural product to study its biological activity.