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. 2005 Sep 20;102(39):13743–13748. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503171102

Table 3. Final enantiomeric ratio generated from achiral starting conditions in model 2 as a function of the rate constants k2 and k4.

log k4
log k2 0 1 2 3 4 5
7 2,221 2,107 1,999 1,537 1,428 499
6 311 293 240 199 104 1
5 26.6 25.7 22.8 13.3 1 1
4 2.18 2.07 1.08 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 1 1 1

k2 is for (R + S → RS) and k4 is for (R + R → RR or S + S → SS). [A]0 = [Z]0 = 1 M, k0′ = 10-6 M-1·s-1, k1′ = 1 M-2·s-1, and k3 = k5 = 10 s-1.