ABSTRACT:Enantiomer-selective polymerization of (RS)-IX-methylbenzyl methacrylate [(RS)-MBMA] was investigated in toluene at -30oc. Reaction products between cyclohexylmagnesium bromide (cHexMgBr) and axially dissymmetric 2,2 '-diamino-6,6' -dimethylbiphenyl (AMB) in the mole ratio of 1.5: I were used as a chiral initiating system. The polymer produced a biphenyl group from the catalyst fragment. The polymerization proceeded in an anionic coordination mechanism and the racemic monomer was kinetically resolved during the course of the reaction. The enantiomer selectivity ratio when using (R)-AMB was estimated to be r
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