epimerizationn.
/ɛˌpɪmərʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Chemistry.
The conversion of one epimer into the other.
ΚΠ
1929 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. i. 345 The authors have effected the epimerisation of several methylated lactones.
1965 G. Hallas Org. Stereochem. ii. 43 In both cases, epimerization takes place by enolization.
Derivatives
eˈpimerize v. (transitive) to convert (one epimer) into the other.
ΚΠ
1930 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 2623 This is epimerised to tetramethyl glucose by alkali.
1956 L. F. Fieser & M. Fieser Org. Chem. (ed. 3) xiv. 361 A sugar carrying a methoxyl group at the 2-position is epimerized by alkali at C2 with deuterium exchange at this position.
eˈpimerizing n.
ΚΠ
1959 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. i. 637 Titanium chloride is a powerful epimerising agent.
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