Asymmetric coordination polymerization of acrylamides by enantiomeric metallocenium ester enolate catalysts

Optically active, rigid one-handed helical poly(N,N-diaryl acrylamide)s and their copolymers with the randomly coiled methacrylate blocks were synthesized using the asymmetric coordination polymerization rendered by enantiomeric ansa-zirconocenium ester enolate catalysts under ambient conditions.