Asymmetric enantiomer-differentiating polymerization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000857",
  "term": "Asymmetric enantiomer-differentiating polymerization",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A polymerization in which a chiral catalyst or initiator acts on a racemic mixture of chiral monomers and polymerizes essentially only one enantiomer, leaving the other behind, so the polymer formed is optically active. It is a kinetic resolution of the monomer and a form of asymmetric polymerization. A monomer that is not chiral cannot be differentiated this way.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "asymmetric polymerization"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2020, 92, 193. 'Nomenclature and terminology for linear lactic acid-based polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 205 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-1007)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/asymmetric-enantiomer-differentiating-polymerization/"
}