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Synthesis 2010(21): 3755-3760  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258233
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A Flexible Route toward Polypropylene Model Compounds of Various Tacticities

Xavier Drooghaag, Gaëtan Henry, Jacqueline Marchand-Brynaert*
Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN), Unité de Chimie organique et médicinale, Université catholique de Louvain, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Received 12 July 2010
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30 August 2010 (online)

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Abstract

This paper reports the flexible synthesis of 2,4,6,8,10-pentamethylundecane (PMU) as well as a chromatographic method for the separation of its diastereoisomers. This strategy offers a unique opportunity to accede to three model compounds of polypropylene (PP) of different tacticities (i.e., isotactic, syndiotactic, and atactic PP).

Key words

model hydrocarbons - polyolefins - total synthesis - HPLC - NMR

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    Both authors have contributed equally to this work.

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    Present address of G. Henry: Total Petrochemicals Research, Zone industrielle C, B-7181 Feluy, Belgium.

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    Present address of X. Drooghaag: 3B-Fibreglass, Route de Maestricht, B-4651 Battice, Belgium.

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