racemic

Meanings

• noun

  A racemic compound is a chemical compound in which the two enantiomers are present in equal amounts and are therefore chemically indistinguishable from each other.

  - "The racemic form of a drug is a mixture of its two mirror-image forms, known as enantiomers."
  - "Racemic mixtures occur naturally in some cases, such as in the amino acid alanine."

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Antonyms

enantiopure , scalemic

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Rhymes

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acemic , anemic , aesthetic , democratic

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Variants

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racemic

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'racemus', meaning 'grape cluster' or 'bunch', due to the way the two enantiomers of a racemic compound are arranged like the two halves of a grape cluster.

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Trivia

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1. Racemic mixtures are also known as 'dl' mixtures, where 'd' and 'l' represent the two enantiomers.

2. Some natural products, such as certain sugars and amino acids, occur as racemic mixtures in nature.

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Related Concepts

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1. enantiomer: A pair of molecules that are identical in every way except for the arrangement of their atoms, and which cannot be superimposed on each other.

2. chirality: The property of being either left-handed or right-handed, as applied to molecules or other three-dimensional structures.

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Racemic compounds have been studied extensively in chemistry and pharmacology due to their unique properties. They have been used in various applications, including in the production of certain drugs and in research on chirality and stereochemistry.

How to Memorize "racemic"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a grape cluster with two halves, each half representing an enantiomer.
   - Visualize the two halves of the grape cluster as being mirror images of each other.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the term 'racemic' with the image of a grape cluster.
   - Remember that racemic compounds contain equal amounts of two enantiomers.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'RACEmic: Right And Left are Equal in MiCroscopic detail' to remember the definition of a racemic compound.

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