A met
hodology for resolving TpRe(CO)(1-met
hylimidazole)(
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2-benzene)
has been developedutilizing (
R)-
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h enantiomer of t
he {TpRe(CO)(MeIm)} system can be obtained wit
h t
heenantiomer ratio (er) = 97:3 by taking advantage of differing rates of pinene substitution for t
he twodiastereomers of TpRe(CO)(MeIm)(
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2-(
R)
-hars/alp
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