Macromolecular Division
Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature
Definitions Relating to Stereochemically
Asymmetric Polymerizations
Asymmetric polymerization has been the interest of many academic and
industrial polymer scientists, but no reference has been made by IUPAC
explicitly to definitions of reactions involving the asymmetric synthesis
of polymers. Hence, this document presents definitions concerned with
asymmetric and related polymerizations, with examples included to clarify
the meaning of the definitions. Asymmetric polymerizations embrace two
main categories, "asymmetric chirogenic polymerizations" and "asymmetric
enantiomer-differentiating polymerizations".
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Comments by 30 April 2001
To Prof. Maximo Baron
Catedra de Fisica
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Belgrano,
Villanueva 1324
1426 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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