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Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Aug 14;(30):3169-71. doi: 10.1039/b606241e. Epub 2006 Jun 21.

Chiral polymers by iterative tandem catalysis.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Jeroen van Buijtenen, Bart A C van As, Jan Meuldijk, Anja R A Palmans, Jef A J M Vekemans, L A Hulshof, E W Meijer

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 17028732 DOI: 10.1039/b606241e

Abstract

Racemic omega-substituted caprolactones can be completely converted into chiral polyesters of remarkable MW and high ee by combining lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization with Ru-catalyzed racemization.

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