Optical Purity as a Programmable Variable for Controlling Polyolefin Tacticity in Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization: Application to the Stereomodulated LCCTP of α,ω-Nonconjugated Dienes

• Published in: ACS catalysis Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 4583 - 4592
• Main Authors: Wallace, Mark A, Wentz, Charlotte M, Sita, Lawrence R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 16.04.2021
• Subjects: polymerization; tacticity; living; asymmetric; chain transfer; polyolefin

Two-state, stereomodulated living coordinative chain transfer polymerization (LCCTP) of 1,6-heptadiene has been achieved to produce a series of cis-poly­(methylene-1,3-cyclohexane) (cis-PMCH) with stereochemical microstructures that vary between two limiting forms as a function of the optical purity...