Lisa Saunders Baugh

Stereoselective polymerization with single-site catalysts

POLYPROPYLENE: CATALYSTS AND MECHANISM Isotactic Polypropylene from C2- and Pseudo-C2-Symmetric Catalysts R. Leino and S. Lin Fluorenyl-Containing Catalysts for Stereoselective Propylene Polymerization C.J. Price, L.J. Irwin, D.A. Aubry, and S.A. Miller Substituted Indenyl and Cyclopentadienyl Catalysts for Stereoselective Propylene Polymerization J.J. Esteb Doubly Bridged Metallocenes for Stereoselective Propylene Polymerization D.L. Zubris Metallocenes with Donor/Acceptor and Other Heteroatom Bridges for Stereoselective Propylene Polymerization P.J. Shapiro Stereoselective Propylene Polymerization with Early and Late Transition Metal Catalysts H. Makio and T. Fujita Catalyst Structure and Polymer Tacticity: The Theory Behind Site Control in Propylene Polymerization A.K. Rappe, O.G. Polyakov, and L.M. Bormann-Rochotte POLYPROPYLENE: APPLICATIONS OF TACTICITY Stereoblock Polypropylene Vincenzo Busico Elastomeric Homo-Polypropylene: Solid State Properties and Synthesis via Control of Reaction Parameters S. Hild, C. Cobzaru, C. Troll, and B. Rieger Control of Molecular Weight and Chain-End Group in Tactic Polypropylenes Using Chain Transfer Agents T.C. Chung Functionalization of Tactic Polypropylenes M. Bochmann Influence of Tacticity of Propylene Placement on Structure and Properties of Ethylene/Propylene Copolymers M. Galimberti and G. Guerra OTHER MONOOLEFIN MONOMERS Stereocontrol in the Polymerization of Higher alpha-Olefin Monomers M. Kol, S. Segal, and S. Groysman Tactic Polystyrene and Styrene Copolymers H. Ma and J. Huang Cyclopentene Homo- and Copolymers Made with Early and Late Transition Metal Catalysts N. Naga Tactic Norbornene Homo- and Copolymers Made with Early and Late Transition Metal Catalysts W. Kaminsky and M. Arndt-Rosenau DIENE MONOMERS AND OLEFIN-CONTAINING POLYMERS The Stereoselective Polymerization of Linear Conjugated Dienes A. Proto and C. Capacchione The Stereoselective Polymerization of Cyclic Conjugated Dienes M. Nakano Tactic Nonconjugated Diene Cyclopolymerization and Cyclocopolymerization I. Kim Stereochemistry of Polymers Formed by Metathesis Polymerization of Bicyclic and Polycyclic Olefins D. Breen, K. Curran, and W. Risse Stereoregularity of Polyacetylene and Its Derivatives T. Masuda, M. Shiotsuki, and J. Tabei FUNCTIONAL AND NON-OLEFINIC MONOMERS Tacticity in Ethylene/Carbon Monoxide/Vinyl Co- and Terpolymerizations K. Nozaki Stereoselective Acrylate Polymerization E.L. Marshall and V.C. Gibson Discrete Catalysts for Stereoselective Epoxide Polymerization H. Ajiro, S.D. Allen, and G.W. Coates Stereoselective Polymerization of Lactide M.H. Chisholm and Z. Zhou Glossary Index

Douglas (Doug) Dorset (1942–2016)

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, 1545 Route 22 East Annandale, New Jersey 08801, USA, Hauptman– Woodward Institute, 700 Ellicott Street Buffalo, New York 14203, USA, Achnafad Farm, Tayinloan, Tarbert, Argyll PA29 6XG, Scotland, UK, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA, and Director, NanoMEGAS SPRL, Blvd Edmond Machtens 79, B-1080 Brussels, Belgium. *Correspondence e-mail: L-marks@northwestern.edu