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Soai discovered the asymmetric autocatalytic reaction—the product itself can catalyze its own formation, achieving a chiral amplification effect, such that even if the ratio of the two enantiomers deviates only slightly at the start, the reaction can spontaneously amplify the deviation to nearly a single enantiomer.
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