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Is 97.1% a realistic purity ceiling for tirzepatide given its chain length?

Asked 28 Jan 2025Modified 18 months agoViewed 3.2k times
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Conditions: 97.1% · tirzepatide.

Please show the division. I want to check my own against yours.

I would like the general form as well as the specific number, so I can apply it again.

Where is my error, and what is the correct working?

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3For what it is worth, my own result was within half a per cent of this. – u100_marks 9 months ago
2Any reason this would differ for a longer peptide? – ruaidhri_o_shea 8 months ago
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