noun
- plural of racemization; processes by which optically active compounds are converted into racemic mixtures containing equal amounts of left- and right-handed molecular forms
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The racemizations of amino acids in fossils can be used to estimate their age.
- Heat-induced racemizations often occur during food processing.
- Scientists studied the racemizations of various organic compounds under different pH conditions.
- The racemizations observed in the laboratory matched theoretical predictions.
- Multiple racemizations were detected in the aged pharmaceutical samples.
- Researchers monitored the racemizations using polarimetry techniques.