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Is 96.8% a realistic purity ceiling for semaglutide given its chain length?

Asked 7 Aug 2025Modified 12 months agoViewed 6.8k times
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For reference: 96.8% · semaglutide.

I would rather understand the derivation than memorise the outcome.

Two people I asked gave two answers that differ by a factor of ten, which is suggestive.

Can someone walk through the arithmetic step by step?

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3Same question came up on a different supplier and the answer was entirely about the method. – Dr_Bram_Verhoeven 5 months ago
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