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A mixture of equal parts of the levorotatory and dextrorotatory isomers of the the same substance. Racemic mixtures are not optically active.
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Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Racemic (racemate; racemic mixture): A 1:1 (or nearly 1:1) mixture of enantiomers of the same structure. (R)-Thalidomide   (S)-Thalidomide During the period 1 [..]
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Refers to a chemical compound made of equal amounts of L- and D-structures (which rotate the plane of polarization of light to the left or to the right, respectively), rendering it optically inactive [..]
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(chemistry) containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (D) and levorotatory (L) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active; typically, will be synthetic rather than natural
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