adjective
- relating to or denoting a mixture containing equal amounts of left- and right-handed forms of a compound
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- The racemic mixture showed no optical activity under polarized light.
- Scientists separated the racemic compound into its individual enantiomers.
- The drug was initially produced as a racemic form before purification.
- Racemic acid was one of the first compounds studied for optical isomerism.
- The racemic solution contained equal parts of both mirror-image molecules.
- Pharmaceutical companies often need to isolate specific forms from racemic mixtures.