P. Longo et al., C-13-ENRICHED END-GROUPS OF POLY(3,7-DIMETHYL-1-OCTENE) PREPARED IN THE PRESENCE OF ISOTACTIC SPECIFIC CATALYSTS, Macromolecular rapid communications, 18(6), 1997, pp. 491-495
Polymerizations of (R,S)-3,7-dimethyl-1-octene in the presence of hete
rogeneous or homogeneous isotactic specific catalysts give very simila
r products with a homopolymeric isotactic structure. The insertion of
(R,S)-3,7-dimethyl-1-octene into the metal-CH3 bend (both heterogeneou
s and homogeneous catalysts) is highly stereospecific and stereoselect
ive.