T. Nakano, Y. Okamoto, K. Hatada
Feb 1, 1992
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
Abstract
Asymmetric oligomerization of triphenylmethyl methacrylate (TrMA) was carried out with complexes of 9-fluorenyllithium and chiral ligands in toluene at -78 o C, and the oligomers obtained were converted into methyl esters. The resulting oligo(methyl methacrylate)s were first fractionated by gel permeation chromatography in terms of degree of polymerization and further separated into diastereomers and optical isomers by high-performance liquid chromatography. The distribution of oligomers and the ratio of isomers in each oligomer gave important information on the mechanism of the asymmetric (helix sense selective) polymerization of TrMA