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Abstract Volume 15 (2010) pp 32-35

Simple Activities to Understanding Enantioface Coordination and Stereochemical Controls of Metallocene-Catalyzed Propene Polymerization

Nattinee Mophan, Laksamee Chaicharoenwimolkul, Sudarat Jindabot, Chatyapha Pongchan-O,‡, Supathana Pracha, Sanoe Chairam, Udomchai Tewasekson, and Ekasith Somsook*,‡

Institute for Innovative Learning, Mahidol University, 999 Buddhamonthon Sai 4 Rd. Salaya, Buddhamonthon, Nakornpathom 73170, Thailand. NANOCAST Laboratory, Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 272 Rama VI Rd. Rachathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand, scess@mahidol.ac.th
Received January 26, 2009. Accepted December 26, 2009.

Published: 16 January 2010

Abstract. Simple activities to aid in the understanding the enantioface coordination and stereochemical controls of metallocene-catalyzed propene polymerization are described. The enantioface coordination of propene coordinating to the metal center can be visualized with the superposition of a hand to coordinated propene. The activities simulating the propene polymerization can be performed by a group of students to understand the stereochemically controlled mechanisms leading to isotactic and syndiotactic polypropenes.

Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; organic chemistry

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: scess@mahidol.ac.th)

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