Staudinger predicted a correlation between the physical properties of a polymer and its main-
chain stereochemistry as early as 1929. 1 However it was not until 1947 that Schildknecht …

Palladium-catalyzed transformations have seen a fascinating development in recent years
after being for a long time in silence as a “slee** beauty”. 1 The importance of Pd in …

The completely revised third edition of this four-volume classic is fully updated and now
includes such topics as as CH-activation and multicomponent reactions. It describes the …

Carbon monoxide can be copolymerized with several unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers
to yield polyketones. Linear copolymers of olefins (particularly ethylene) and carbon …

The reaction steps responsible for the highly enantioselective asymmetric copolymerization
of propene with carbon monoxide catalyzed by a cationic Pd (II) complex bearing an …

Pyrazolyl ligands have been used to prepare metal complexes since the mid-1960s as
nitrogen-donor ligands. However, unlike other nitrogen-donor ligands like imines and …

During the last decade there has been increased interest in the development of
homogeneous catalytic systems to promote homo-or copolymerization reactions of …

Stereoselective alternating copolymerization of carbon monoxide with various alkenes is
reviewed. Using Pd (II) complexes of chiral ligands, completely alternating, isotactic, and …

To better understand the substituent effects of vinyl arene, a series of substituted styrenes
with different groups and locations (nX-St, n= 2, 3, 4; X= H, Me, t Bu, MeO, t BuO, F, Cl, and …

The crystal structure of the alternating copolymer of limonene epoxide and carbon dioxide
has been studied. Highly stereoregular and regioregular alternating copolymers have been …