Definitions relating to stereochemically asymmetric polymerizations
Abstract
Asymmetric polymerization has been of interest to many academic and
industrial polymer scientists, but no reference has been made by IUPAC explicitly
to classification and definitions of reactions involving the asymmetric synthesis of
polymers. This document presents definitions concerned with asymmetric and
related polymerizations, with examples included to clarify the meaning of the def-initions. Asymmetric polymerizations embrace two main categories, “asymmetric
chirogenic polymerizations” and “asymmetric enantiomer-differentiating poly-merizations”.