Circularly polarized light triggered enantioselective thiol-ene polymerization reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Feb 4;53(10):1735-1738. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09256j. Epub 2017 Jan 20.

Abstract

Herein, circularly polarized light is utilized to trigger an enantioselective polymerization reaction, resulting in the synthesis of an optically active polymer from racemic monomers in the absence of any chiral dopant or catalyst.