Definition of Isomerize

1. Verb. Cause to change into an isomer.

Exact synonyms: Isomerise
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Related verbs: Isomerise
Derivative terms: Isomerisation, Isomerization

2. Verb. Change into an isomer.
Exact synonyms: Isomerise
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change
Related verbs: Isomerise
Derivative terms: Isomerisation, Isomerization

Definition of Isomerize

1. Verb. (chemistry) to convert a compound into a different isomeric form ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isomerize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isomerize

isomere
isomeres
isomeric
isomeric function
isomeric transition
isomerically
isomeride
isomerides
isomerisation
isomerisations
isomerise
isomerism
isomerisms
isomerization
isomerizations
isomerize (current term)
isomerized
isomerizes
isomerizing
isomerohydrolase
isomeromorphism
isomerous
isomers
isomertieite
isomethadone
isometheptene
isometric
isometric chart
isometric contraction
isometric contraction period

Literary usage of Isomerize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"They, too, give free radicals which isomerize to stable metamers. The occurrence of such spontaneous transformations we believe to be far more frequent than ..."

2. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"Compt. Rend. Acad. Sei. Paris 172:1373—1375. 1921.—Heat, acetic acid, and hydrochloric acid are found to isomerize laevo- and ..."

3. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"... at 200-250° appears simply to isomerize into dimethyl-cyclohexane.107 Bicyclo-octene, at 150°, furnishes bicyclo-octane, boiling at 140°.106 481. ..."

4. Theories of Organic Chemistry by Ferdinand August Karl Henrich (1922)
"... isomerize to give the corresponding thiol combinations, the halide acting in all probability as a catalytic agent. ..."

5. The Chemistry of the Diazo-compounds by John Cannell Cain (1908)
"In the case of the diazo-sulphonates it is the alkylated derivatives which isomerize more quickly than the parent substance, whilst the p- .and o-halogen ..."

6. Introduction to the Study of Chemical Reactions by Edmund Drechsel (1890)
"An amine, or Formic acid, Finally, it is not unlikely that one and the same simple cyanide may isomerize now into the one form, RON, now ipto the other, ..."

7. A Text-book of chemistry: For Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Edward Curtis Hill (1911)
"On long exposure to air oxyhemoglobin stains isomerize into the more stable brown acid methemoglobin, which is found also at times in cystic fluids and ..."

8. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"They, too, give free radicals which isomerize to stable metamers. The occurrence of such spontaneous transformations we believe to be far more frequent than ..."

9. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"Compt. Rend. Acad. Sei. Paris 172:1373—1375. 1921.—Heat, acetic acid, and hydrochloric acid are found to isomerize laevo- and ..."

10. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"... at 200-250° appears simply to isomerize into dimethyl-cyclohexane.107 Bicyclo-octene, at 150°, furnishes bicyclo-octane, boiling at 140°.106 481. ..."

11. Theories of Organic Chemistry by Ferdinand August Karl Henrich (1922)
"... isomerize to give the corresponding thiol combinations, the halide acting in all probability as a catalytic agent. ..."

12. The Chemistry of the Diazo-compounds by John Cannell Cain (1908)
"In the case of the diazo-sulphonates it is the alkylated derivatives which isomerize more quickly than the parent substance, whilst the p- .and o-halogen ..."

13. Introduction to the Study of Chemical Reactions by Edmund Drechsel (1890)
"An amine, or Formic acid, Finally, it is not unlikely that one and the same simple cyanide may isomerize now into the one form, RON, now ipto the other, ..."

14. A Text-book of chemistry: For Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Edward Curtis Hill (1911)
"On long exposure to air oxyhemoglobin stains isomerize into the more stable brown acid methemoglobin, which is found also at times in cystic fluids and ..."

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