All together now: Five subcomponents (see scheme) come together cleanly with CuI to form simultaneously all four product structures shown. Simply by changing the stoichiometry, any given subset of product structures is accessible. To explain the observed selectivity, it is necessary to consider the stability not only of individual products, but of the system as a whole.
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