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The intriguing enhancement of optical activity when a racemic (and “kinetically labile”) metal complex of the type (ML3)2+ (M = Zn,Cd, Ni,Co etc; L= 2,2′-bipyridyl or 1,10-phenanthroline) is added to a solution of a cationic ‘environment’ compound (usually an alkaloid) is the best example of the ‘Pfeiffer effect’.
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This value refers to the ratio K=[Bipy.H2O]/[Bipy].
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Gillard, R.D. (1979). The Origin of the Pfeiffer Effect. In: Mason, S.F. (eds) Optical Activity and Chiral Discrimination. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7644-4_15
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