Chiral amplification in the transcription of supramolecular helicity into a polymer backbone

AJ Wilson, M Masuda, RP Sijbesma…

Index: Wilson, Andrew J.; Masuda, Mitsutoshi; Sijbesma, Rint P.; Meijer Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2005 , vol. 44, # 15 p. 2275 - 2279

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Abstract

Herein, we describe the expression of chirality into a polymer backbone during the photopolymerization of achiral monomers. The monomers are brought into a chiral self- organized supramolecular structure by using an enantiomerically pure structure-directing agent. The polymer obtained, despite incomplete tacticity, holds enough chiral information to fold itself into an almost homochiral, helical structure. In reporting this system we outline ...