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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharm Sci. 2016 Jan 29;105(2):664–672. doi: 10.1002/jps.24539

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Newman’s rule of six appliedα-keto acids 2 and 3.In the reaction involving the addition of water to the unsaturated ketofunction (carbon 2), compound 3 presentsa greater steric effect than 2, due to the presence of multiple atoms, hydrogens, in the six-position.