Zhi-Yun Hu

Computational study of binaphthyl-derived chiral diboranes for stereoselective cyclohexene oxide/CO2 copolymerization across rigid and flexible architectures.

Controlling polymer stereochemistry is of significant importance because the tacticity of the polymer backbone directly determines its physical properties. Chiral binaphthyl (NP) based diboranes have proven effective in stereoselective epoxide homopolymerization, whereas spirobiindane (SD) derived analogs exhibit only...