Development of a Diversity‐Based Approach for the Discovery of Stereoselective Polymerization Catalysts: Identification of a Catalyst for the Synthesis of Syndiotactic Polypropylene

Combinatorial methods have recently been used to aid in the discovery of new pharmaceuticals and catalysts for organic synthesis. A simple and inexpensive strategy for using combinatorial methods to discover polymerization catalysts is reported, and using it enabled a new catalyst ( 1 , see scheme) for the synthesis of syndiotactic polypropylene to be identified.