epimerization Chem.
(ɛˌpɪməraɪˈzeɪʃən)
[f. epimer + -ization.]
The conversion of one epimer into the other. Hence eˈpimerize v. trans., to convert (one epimer) into the other; eˈpimerizing vbl. n.
| 1929 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. i. 345 The authors have effected the epimerisation of several methylated lactones. 1930 Ibid. ii. 2623 This is epimerised to tetramethyl glucose by alkali. 1956 L. F. & 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. 1959 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. i. 637 Titanium chloride is a powerful epimerising agent. 1965 G. Hallas Org. Stereochem. ii. 43 In both cases, epimerization takes place by enolization. |