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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Macro Lett. 2013 Aug 20;2(8):683–687. doi: 10.1021/mz400256x

Scheme 1. Synthesis of the desired polymer 1.

Scheme 1

a) tBuOK/tBuOH, paraformaldehyde, DMSO, 76 %; b)triphenylphosphine, Bis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladium(0), toluene, 78 %; c) KOH/H2O, DMSO, 48 %; d) 4, Pd(OAc)2, NEt3, Tri(o-tolyl)phosphine, toluene, 78 %, e) adipoyl chloride, hexane diol, DCM. Quantities of monomer 1 and hexane diol were varied in the polymerization to yield polymer 1 with 1%, 5%, and 10% content of monomer.