racemate

Also contains definitions of: rac, RS
Synonym: SR
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05025
An equimolar mixture of a pair of @E02069@. It does not exhibit @O04303@. The chemical name or formula of a racemate is distinguished from those of the enantiomers by the prefix (±)- or rac- (or racem-) or by the symbols RS and SR.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2216 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'racemate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05025 RIS BibTex EndNote
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