. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 17.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Jun 17;131(23):7962–7963. doi: 10.1021/ja902738u

Table 1.

Synthesis of poly(DCMNBD) with various initiators.^a

Initiator	R	R'	or"'	Cis content

2a	Ad	H	HIPTO	>99%
2b	Ad	Me	HIPTO	>99%
2c	Ar	H	HIPTO	70%
3a	Ad	Me	TPP	83%
3b^b	Ad	H	OSiNaph₃	44%
1a^b	Ar	Me	Bitet; R" = Br	65%
1b^b	Ad	Me	Bitet; R" = Br	70%
1c^b	Ad	Me	Bitet; R" = Me	90%
1d^b	Ad	H	Bitet; R" = CHPh₂	90%

Ad = 1-adamantyl; Ar = 2,6-i-Pr₂C₆H₃; TPP = 2,3,5,6-Ph₄C₆H; Naph = 2-naphthyl; Bitet is the aryloxide shown in 1.

Prepared in situ; see Supporting Information.