Ryo Tanaka, Kaede Yuuya, Hiroki Sato, Peter Eberhardt, Yuushou Nakayama and Takeshi Shiono
Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 1239-1243
DOI:
10.1039/C5PY01872B,
Communication
The first example of the synthesis of stereodiblock polyisoprene which consists of cis-1,4 and trans-1,4 sequences was achieved by using a neodymium catalyst. The stereospecificity was controlled by the ratio of Bu2Mg and modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO), and by sequential addition of Bu2Mg and MMAO, a geometrically well-defined stereodiblock polymer was obtained.