Volume 50, Issue 8 pp. 1564-1571
Article

Control of helical chirality of poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s based on postpolymerization modification of the terminal group by small chiral molecules

Yuuya Nagata

Yuuya Nagata

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

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Satoru Ohashi

Satoru Ohashi

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

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Michinori Suginome

Corresponding Author

Michinori Suginome

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

JST, CREST, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, JapanSearch for more papers by this author
First published: 01 February 2012
Citations: 13

Abstract

Poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s having a terminal formyl or boronyl group were prepared by living polymerization of 1,2-diisocyanobenzenes using organopalladium initiators bearing a protected formyl or boronyl group. Poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s were successfully deracemized by reacting them with small optically active molecules at their terminal formyl or boronyl group, leading to the induction of optically active helical structures. Poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl) having terminal formyl groups was converted to one-handed helical polymer, in which the screw-sense excess was 68% (84:16). The helix sense of the boronyl-terminated poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl) was reversibly controlled by attaching and removing the chiral group. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012

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