Determination of the helical screw sense and side-group chirality of a synthetic chiral polymer from raman optical activity

Merten, C.C.MertenBarron, L.D.L.D.BarronHecht, L.L.HechtJohannessen, C.C.Johannessen2022-03-042022-03-042011https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/22757510.1002/anie.201104345Splitting it up: Excellent agreement between the experimental and the quantum-chemically simulated Raman optical activity (ROA) spectrum of (+)-poly(trityl methacrylate) shows that the polymer backbone adopts a left-handed helical conformation while the trityl side groups display a left-handed propeller conformation. Thus ROA can be used to determine the complete structure of synthetic chiral polymers in solution.en620660671540Determination of the helical screw sense and side-group chirality of a synthetic chiral polymer from raman optical activityjournal article