Racemic

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009793",
  "term": "Racemic",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Describing a mixture that contains equal amounts of a pair of enantiomers. A racemic mixture is optically inactive because the opposing optical rotations of the two enantiomers cancel each other out completely. Such a mixture is designated by the prefix (±)- or by the descriptors dl- or rac-, for example, rac-glyceraldehyde.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "racemate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. 'Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2216 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122193)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/racemic/"
}