Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.17, No.6, 397-400, 1996
Synthesis of vinyl ether-capped telechelic poly(tetrahydrofuran)
Vinyl ether-terminated telechelic poly(tetrahydrofuran) (poly(THF)) was synthesized by the reaction of a bifunctional living cationic polymer of THF with an excess of Na+-OCH2CH2-O-CH=CH2 in THF at 0 degrees C. The obtained polymer has narrow molecular weight distribution and end functionality close to two.