noun
- plural of racemate; mixtures containing equal amounts of left-handed and right-handed forms of a chiral molecule
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The laboratory produced several racemates during the synthesis process.
- Racemates often have different properties than their individual enantiomers.
- The chemist separated the racemates into their component forms.
- Many pharmaceutical racemates require resolution before use.
- The crystallization process helped identify the racemates in the sample.