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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Dec 24;130(51):17334–17341. doi: 10.1021/ja8016957

Table 1.

Spectroscopically distinguishable aggregates in binary mixtures of enolates.a

R/S mixtures R/S’ mixtures R/R’ mixtures
R6/S6 R6 R6
R5S1/R1S5 R5S’1 R5R’1
R4S2/R2S4 R4S’2 R4R’2
R3S3 R3S’3 R3R’3
R2S’4 R2R’4
R1S’5 R1R’5
S’6 R’6
a

The R and S notations refer to enantiomers of a single enolate.27 The prime refers to subunits from a structurally distinct enolate. RmSn/RnSm refers to as.pectroscopically indistinguishable pair of enantiomers.