Diastereospecific Ion-Pairing Polymerization of Functionalized Vinyl Monomers

科罗拉多州立大学的Eugene Chen教授在无机、生物无机和有机金属化学项目的支持下，开发了利用阳离子/阴离子对控制链生长的聚合催化剂。扩展非对映特异性离子对聚合的最新进展构成了本项目的基础。本研究计划有四个目标：控制聚合物微观结构，开发功能化乙烯基单体的共聚，利用双核阳离子/阴离子组合来提高选择性，以及使用生物可再生单体形成立体规则聚合物。该项目的广泛影响包括极性单体聚合，这是一种具有广泛工业意义的反应。这是一个跨学科的项目，以有机合成、催化有机金属反应和新的聚合物微观结构为组成部分。在工业上重要的聚合领域训练学生复杂的实验和理论技术是这个项目的另一个特点。

Professor Eugene Chen of Colorado State University is supported by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry program to develop polymerization catalysts utilizing cation/anion pairs to control chain growth. Expansion of recent advances in diastereospecific ion-pairing polymerization form the basis for this project. This research program has four objectives: to control polymer microstructure, to develop syndiospecific polymerization of functionalized vinyl monomers, to utilize binuclear cation/anion combinations to improve selectivity, and to use biorenewable monomers to form stereoregular polymers.The broader impacts of this project include polymerization of polar monomers, a reaction of widespread industrial significance. This is an interdisciplinary project with organic synthesis, catalytic organometallic reactions, and new polymer microstructures as components. The training of students in sophisticated experimental and theoretical techniques in industrially important polymerization areas is another feature of this project.