"C-Hπ Interaction" regulates the stereoselectivity in olefin polymerization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jun 6;55(47):6689-6692. doi: 10.1039/c9cc02165e.

Abstract

DFT calculations disclosed that the stereoselectivity of Sc-catalysed polymerization of halogenated styrenes could be co-regulated via C-Hπ interactions between a coordinating THF and the phenyl ring of a monomer. Such a regulatory mechanism was theoretically confirmed by further studying the polymerization of various monomers, where the stereoselectivity could even shift from syndiotacticity to isotacticity.