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March 31, 2013

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A most unfortunate decision, based on a mistaken belief that there's an expectation of success ("likely practical benefits") in resolving a compound into its enantiomers. There's certainly an expectation of different results, and a chemist expects to succeed in acomplishing the resolution, but - unless you're working within a well-understood family of drugs - nobody "expects" the pharmacological results. You try it, and you see what happens.

This isn't a case of "over-reliance" on the obvious to try test -- resolution of enantiomers is the very epitome of obvious to try.

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