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  • Chiral chemistry
  • Physical organic chemistry
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • The Horeau effect describes the nonequivalence of optical and enantiomeric purities.
  • This phenomenon is attributed to molecular aggregation in liquid solutions.
  • Conditions for the Horeau effect's observability remain unclear since its 1969 discovery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the conditions under which the Horeau effect is observable or not.
  • To analyze the influence of molecular aggregation, specifically dimerization, on the Horeau effect.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of monomer-dimer equilibria.
  • Derivation of expressions for specific optical rotations in aggregated systems.

Main Results:

  • The Horeau effect may not be observable despite aggregation.
  • Non-observability occurs when monomer and dimer specific optical rotations are identical.
  • Non-observability also occurs when the heterochiral equilibrium constant is precisely double the homochiral equilibrium constant.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides specific conditions where the Horeau effect is absent, even with dimerization.
  • Understanding these conditions is crucial for interpreting optical purity measurements in chiral compounds.