Stereoselectivity in Metallocene-Catalyzed Coordination Polymerization of Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones: From Stereo-random to Stereo-perfect Polymers

作者:Chen Xia; Caporaso Lucia; Cavallo Luigi*; Chen Eugene Y X
来源:Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(17): 7278-7281.
DOI:10.1021/ja301811s

摘要

Coordination polymerization of renewable alpha-methylene-gamma-(methyl)butyrolactones by chiral C-2-symmetric zirconocene catalysts produces stereo-random, highly stereo-regular, or perfectly stereo-regular polymers, depending on the monomer and catalyst structures. Computational studies yield a fundamental understanding of the stereocontrol mechanism governing these new polymerization reactions mediated by chiral metallocenium catalysts.