As mentioned, this equilibrium relation dictates that R and S will partition equally between the monomer and dimer pools. However, and most critically, a nonlinear effect on product ee and the ensuing autocatalytic asymmetric amplification would be able to occur in the monomer model only if partitioning of R and S species between the pools were found to be unequal. Thus, with monomers as catalysts, a system exhibiting stochastic dimer formation (Kdimer = 4, or Khetero = 2•Khomo) cannot produce asymmetric amplification in either a catalytic or an autocatalytic reaction. Thus, while the experimental kinetic data for the Soai reaction could be fit to either a dimer or monomer model, only the dimer model can successfully predict the temporally increasing ee that accompanies turnover. In authentic autocatalysis, the extent of asymmetric amplification possible is limited only by the quantity of reactants that may be fed to the self-replicating system; enantiomeric excess of the Soai reaction product may thus approach homochirality in an asymptotic manner as reaction turnover increases. Ercolani has derived the theoretical relationship shown in Figure between the ultimate product ee, the reaction turnover TON, and the initiating chiral bias ee0 for stochastic formation of active homochiral and inactive heterochiral dimers. Figure demonstrates that the approach to homochirality from a small initial imbalance of enantiomers requires a robust reaction process. Starting from an imbalance of 1 -0.5% ee, the system approaches homochirality after ca. 10,000 turnovers, while an initial imbalance of 0.01% ee will reach just over 60% ee after the same number of turnovers.