Polymerization in which a
tactic polymer is formed. However,
polymerization in which
stereoisomerism
present in the
monomer is merely retained in the
polymer is not to be regarded as
stereospecific. For example, the
polymerization of a
chiralmonomer, e.g.
d-propylene oxide (
d-methyloxirane), with retention of
configuration is not considered to be a stereospecific
reaction; however, selective
polymerization, with retention, of one of the
enantiomers present in a mixture of
d- and
l-propylene
oxide molecules is so classified.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
