to change or cause to change from one isomer to another
Derived forms
isomerization (iˌsomeriˈzation) or isomerisation (iˌsomeriˈsation)
noun
isomerize in American English
(aiˈsɑməˌraiz)
intransitive verb or transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
Chemistry
to convert into an isomer
Alsoesp Britisomerise
Derived forms
isomerization
noun
Word origin
[1890–95; isomer + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, blip, cholesterol, neoclassicism, pogey-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)
Examples of 'isomerize' in a sentence
isomerize
Under confinement, molecular switches lose the conformational freedom often needed to isomerize.
Dipak Samanta, Daria Galaktionova, Julius Gemen, Linda J. W. Shimon, Yael Diskin-Posner,Liat Avram, Petr Král, Rafal Klajn 2018, 'Reversible chromism of spiropyran in the cavity of a flexible coordination cage',Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-017-02715-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fapy lesions can isomerize from the natural β-anomeric stereochemistry to the α-configuration.
Plamen P. Christov, Surajit Banerjee, Michael P. Stone, Carmelo J. Rizzo 2010, 'Selective Incision of the α-N5-Methyl-Formamidopyrimidine Anomer by Escherichia coliEndonuclease IV', Journal of Nucleic Acidshttp://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/850234. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also showed that larger molecules isomerize slowly and slower isomerization has also been observed for annealed samples.
Yamaki Sahori B., Oliveira Marcelo G. de, Atvars Teresa D. Z. 2004, 'The effect of dye-polymer interactions on the kinetics of the isomerization of 4-dimethylaminoazobenzeneand mercury dithizonate', Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Societyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532004000200015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)