Stereoselective Polymerization with Single-Site Catalysts

Written and edited by experts in the field and featuring the latest developments, this book reviews strategies for preparing tactic polymers using single-site catalysis. The book begins with an extensive survey of the most important classes of metallocenes used to make tactic polypropylenes. Later sections discuss active site models and more stereochemically complex polymers and polymerization mechanisms, including chapters on α-olefins, styrene, dienes, metathesis polymers, cyclic monomers, cyclopolymerizations, and polar and ring-opening monomers.  An ideal reference volume, this book helps both new and experienced researchers design tactic polymers to meet increasingly demanding performance requirements.