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
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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.