posted on 2005-08-24, 00:00authored byKathryn L. Peretti, Hiroharu Ajiro, Claire T. Cohen, Emil B. Lobkovsky, Geoffrey W. Coates
A highly active cobalt complex ((salph)CoOAc; salph = N,N‘-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidine-1,2-benzenediamine)) was discovered for the isospecific polymerization of rac-propylene oxide.