Chiral monomers with minimal functional group linkages for suspension co-polymerization: A Suzuki coupling approach

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-2003-39893

A new strategy for the synthesis of chiral monomers for co-polymerization with styrene is described. Suzuki coupling of 4-vinylphenylboronic acid with chiral aryl triflates 5 and 13, and subsequent elaboration has resulted in chiral monomers 9 and 10. One of these monomers 10 has subsequently been incorporated into a polystyrene gel-type resin 16 with a functional group loading of 0.48 mmolg^-1.