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Yoshio Okamoto

Yoshio Okamoto is a Professor Emeritus at Nagoya University, Japan.
In 1979, Okamoto’s group obtained the first helix-sense- selective polymerization using triphenylmethyl methacrylate as a monomer and (–)-sparteine-n-BuLi complex as an initiator. The one-handed helical polymer (PTrMA) exhibited unexpected high chiral recognition ability. In 1982, PTrMA-coated silica gel was commercialized as the first synthetic polymer- based chiral column. In 1984, his group discovered excellent chiral recognition abilities with cellulose triphenylcarbamate and, in 1986, its 3,5-dimethyl derivative, which has
been commercialized as Chiralcel OD. Okamoto’s group also reported amylose 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamte (Chiralpak AD) in 1987. The latter two, OD and AD, are still some of the most popular chiral stationary phases
used in HPLC and SFC.

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