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racemate

American  
[rey-see-meyt, ruh-] / reɪˈsi meɪt, rə- /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a salt or ester of racemic acid.

  2. a racemic compound.

Etymology

Origin of racemate

First recorded in 1825–35; racem(ic acid) + -ate 2

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Thus, Pasteur showed that Penicillium glaucum, when grown in an aqueous solution of ammonium racemate, decomposed the dextro-tartrate, leaving the laevo-tartrate, and the solution which was originally inactive to polarized light became dextro-rotatory.

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