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Published in final edited form as: J Polym Sci A Polym Chem. 2011 Oct 15;49(20):4498–4504. doi: 10.1002/pola.24891

Table 2.

Isomerization of allyl groups during in neat polymerization of AGE at 40–140 °C.

T_polym.^a	M_n^b	M_n^c	PDI^d	%isomer^e
40	17.2	17.4	1.09	1.5
60	18.7	19.2	1.11	3.9
80	16.8	17.2	1.11	3.7
100	14.0	14.4	1.14	8.3
120	15.7	17.5	1.19	16.3
140	14.8	16.4	1.20	16.6

^(a)

Polymerization temperature in °C.

^(b)

Molar mass in kg/mol, determined by the allyl protons using ¹H NMR spectroscopy.

^(c)

Molar mass in kg/mol determined by the backbone-ether protons using ¹H NMR spectroscopy.

^(d)

Determined by RI-SEC in chloroform relative to polystyrene standards.

^(e)

Mole percent of cis-prop-1-enyl ether units determined by ¹H NMR spectroscopy.