. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Apr 12;128(14):4578–4579. doi: 10.1021/ja058801v

Table 1.

Polymerization results.

Polymer	[M]_o/[C]	Calcd./ ${\overset{‒}{M}}_{n}$ ^a	PSS/ ${\overset{‒}{M}}_{n}$ ^b	Rxn Temp (°C)	PDI	% Yield^c
7	10/1	1796	5170	24	1.18	57
8	18/1	3149	6532	24	1.30	59
9	35/1	6025	10445	24−40	1.52	59
10	50/1	8563	16966	24−40	1.56	64

Number average molecular weight by NMR.

Number average molecular weight by GPC using polystyrene standards.

Isolated yield after precipitation and silica column chromatography.