Racemic Mixture
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A racemic mixture or racemate (symbol: dl or ±) is a mixture of enantiomers at 1:1 molar ratio.
eg: Lactic acid exists as a pair of enantiomers, (R)-lactic acid and (S)-lactic acid.
A mixture of (R)-lactic acid and (S)-lactic acid at 1:1 molar ratio is a racemic mixture of lactic acid (symbol:dl – lactic acid or ± – lactic acid).
see also scalemic mixture
Contributors and Attributions
- Gamini Gunawardena from the OChemPal site (Utah Valley University)