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Title: What does ee mean?
Post by: 1112 on April 03, 2009, 12:28:02 AM
I am looking at a few synthesis of epoxides via Sharpless ae. However, I do not understand what ee means. Underneath all of the products, there is a percent ee.
Here is a sentence that uses ee: "The ee of unreacted alcohol is essentially 100% at 60% conversion".
Can you please explain what ee means?
Title: Re: What does ee mean?
Post by: macman104 on April 03, 2009, 12:49:26 AM
Enantiomeric Excess:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomeric_excess