Macromolecules, Vol.33, No.11, 4034-4038, 2000
Structural modification of living polymers: Synthesis of helical block copolymers from a single monomer via palladium-mediated aromatizing polymerization of 1,2-diisocyanobenzenes
New optically active helical block copolymers were synthesized by palladium-mediated living sequential copolymerization of 4,5-bis[(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)ethoxymethyl]-3,6-dimethyl-1,2-diisocyanobenzene followed by deprotection of the polymer side chains and subsequent structural modification without quenching the living site of the polymer.