Depolymerization of pristine poly(CP), poly(NB-ran-CP) and poly(DCP-ran-CP)^a.

		poly(CP)	poly(NB-ran-CP)b	poly(DCP-ran-CP)c
Initial	Polymer	3.01 g	3.00 g	3.02 g
	CP unit	3.01 g	1.41 g	1.84 g
	NB (or DCP) unit	—	1.59 g	1.18 g
	CP/NB (or CP/DCP)	100/0 in mol	55/45 in mol	76/24 in mol
		—	47/53 in wt	61/39 in wt
	M w (g mol−1)	453 000	238 000	250 000
	M w/Mn	2.01	1.98	1.98
	G2	0.38 g	0.31 g	0.28 g
After RCMD	Non-volatile	0.47 g	1.91 g	1.57 g
	Polymerd	0.09 g	1.60 g	1.29 g
	CP unit	—	0.03 g, (2%)	0.13 g, (7%)
	NB (or DCP) unit	—	1.57 g, (99%)	1.16 g, (99%)
	CP/NB (or CP/DCP)	100/0 in mol	3/97 in mol	18/82 in mol
		—	2/98 in wt	10/90 in wt
	M w(g mol−1)	—	4700	6700
	M w/Mn	—	4.0	5.1
	Volatile part CP recovery	2.92 g	1.32 g	1.69 g
		97%	94%	92%

^aDepolymerized in toluene at 60 °C for 24 h; [total polymer units] = 0.5 M, [(H₂IMes)(PCy₃)Cl₂Ru CHPh] = 5 mM, [(H₂IMes)(PCy₃)Cl₂Ru CHPh]:[total polymer units] = 1 : 100.

^b[Poly(CP) units] = 0.28 M.

^c[Poly(CP) units] = 0.38 M.

^dWeight of polymer = weight of non-volatile − weight of G2.