It is crucial to replace fossil fuel-based plastics with biodegradable ones that are made from renewable sources. Now, a new generation of bioplastics has been prepared through the stereoselective polymerization of diastereomeric monomers — a synthetic approach that allows tuning of the materials’ toughness, ductility and melting point.
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Herres-Pawlis, S. New stereocontrol on the block. Nat. Chem. 12, 107–109 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0417-4
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