Chiral polymers via asymmetric epoxidation and asymmetric dihydroxylation

Abstract

Asymmetric epoxidation and dihydroxylation performed on suitably substituted styrene-divinylbenzene polymers yielded products which in some cases were difficult to analyze accurately, whereas asymmetric dihydroxylation of a p-hydroxycinnamic acid derivative and subsequent reaction with a chloromethylated styrene-1% divinylbenzene polymer afforded a polymer which could be analyzed prior to grafting on the support.