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
chiral monomer, 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.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
