Synthetic chiral polymers play an increasing and prominent role in the field of material science due to special properties different from traditional polymer materials. One distinctive way to prepare well-defined chiral polymers is based on asymmetric kinetic resolution polymerization (AKRP), in which stereoregularity introduced to a polymer chain via kinetic resolution of a racemate preferentially polymerizing one enantiomer. AKRP not only has the ability to synthesize chiral polymers with high stereoselectivity, but also enables enantioselective characterization of chiral polymers. This review covers the literature related to the use of chiral metal complexes, organocatalysts and enzymes as promoters of AKRP.

合成手性聚合物由于与传统聚合物材料不同的特殊性能，在材料科学领域起着越来越重要的作用。制备定义明确的手性聚合物的一种独特方法是基于不对称动力学拆分聚合（AKRP），其中通过外消旋物的动力学拆分将立体规则性引入聚合物链，该外消旋物优先聚合一种对映异构体。AKRP不仅具有以高的立体选择性合成手性聚合物的能力，而且还能够对手性聚合物进行对映选择性表征。这篇综述涵盖了与使用手性金属配合物，有机催化剂和酶作为AKRP促进剂有关的文献。