ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The polymerization in bulk of racemic tert-butyl thiirane with a chiral initiator resulting from the reaction between diethylzinc and (—)3,3-dimethyl-1,2-butanediol produces an optically active polymer by preferential consumption of R enantiomer. The unreacted monomer is enriched in S enantiomer. The relative rate r of consumption of R enantiomer versus S enantiomer is as high as 2.8. Obtained polymer could be separated into two crystalline fractions: an optically active fraction, formed from regular sequences of R type enantiomeric units, and an optically inactive fraction which corresponds to a racemate. Experimental results are consistent with a stereospecific mechanism of addition, the two enantiomers being chosen by two different type of sites. The stereoelective process is due to an unequal number of these two types of sites.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1974.170120508
