mutarotation

mutarotation

English

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English muta-
English rotation
English mutarotation

    From muta- + rotation.

    Noun

    mutarotation (countable and uncountable, plural mutarotations)

    1. (organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry) A dynamic change in the rotation of polarized light as it passes through a fresh solution of some sugars as an equilibrium mixture of anomers is formed

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