Stereoselective polymerization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011384",
  "term": "Stereoselective polymerization",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A polymerization in which a blend of stereoisomeric monomers yields polymer molecules built from only one of the stereoisomers, as when a chiral catalyst polymerizes just one enantiomer of racemic propylene oxide and leaves the other unreacted. The selection concerns which monomer isomer is incorporated, not which face of a prochiral monomer adds, which is the matter in stereospecific polymerization to a tactic polymer.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "polymerization",
    "monomer",
    "macromolecule"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 19 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/stereoselective-polymerization/"
}