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Five novel N,N-diphenylacrylamide derivatives bearing alkyl groups on a phenyl group were synthesized and polymerized with a chiral anionic initiator, the complex of (−)-sparteine and fluorenyllithium, in toluene at low temperature. Both position and size of the alkyl-substituents greatly affected the tacticity and optical activity of the polymer obtained. N,N-Di-4-tolylacrylamide gave a polymer possessing the highest isotacticity (m=72%) and specific rotation ([α]36525=−423°), which may be attributed to the chiral conformation of the main-chain. The asymmetric anionic polymerization of N-phenyl-N-(4-tolyl)acrylamide gave a chloroform-soluble polymer which was found to contain a polymer of high specific rotation ([α]36525=−1122°) and isotacticity (m=94%) through fractionation by GPC.
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Shiohara, K., Habaue, S. & Okamoto, Y. Asymmetric Anionic Polymerization of Alkyl-Substituted N,N-Diphenylacrylamide Derivatives. Polym J 30, 249–255 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.30.249
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.30.249