title: Macromol. Rapid Commun. 10/2016.
abstract: Back Cover: Sustainable polyamides with side groups and stereocenters are synthesized starting from L-menthone. This terpenoid ketone is transformed in a one-step synthesis into a chiral lactam, which is then polymerized via ring-opening polymerization (ROP). The beneficial properties of these polymers are thus introduced via the structure and chirality of the lactam monomer. Further details can be found in the article by M. Winnacker*, M. Neumeier, X. Zhang, C. M. Papadakis, and B. Rieger on page 851.
authors.affiliation: WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching bei München.
authors.forename: Malte
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winnacker
authors.affiliation: WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching bei München.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumeier
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Soft Matter Physics Group, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85747, Garching bei München.
authors.forename: Xiaohan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Soft Matter Physics Group, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85747, Garching bei München.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.affiliation: WACKER-Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching bei München.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rieger
keywords: X-ray diffraction; chirality; polyamides; sustainable polymers; terpenes