Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.16, No.1, 9-14, 1995
ENANTIOSELECTIVE ISOTACTIC ALTERNATING COPOLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE AND 4-METHYLSTYRENE WITH CARBON-MONOXIDE CATALYZED BY A CATIONIC BIOXAZOLINE PD(II) COMPLEX
The cationic bioxazoline Pd(II) complex 2 catalyzes the alternating copolymerization of carbon monoxide with styrene and 4-methylstyrene, respectively, to yield a highly isotactic optically active polymer at room temperature and low carbon monoxide pressure (1-4 atm).