Polymer Analogous Reactions on Well-Defined Precursor Polymers

5 Polymer Analogous Reactions on Well-Defined Precursor Polymers 

In order to synthesize homopolymers by polymer analogous reactions, the reaction must go to 100% conversion. Hydrosila-tions of mesogenic olefins are the most common polymer analogous reactions used to prepare SCLCPs [199]. However, the precursor poly(methyl siloxane)s are generally not prepared by living polymerizations, nor do the hydrosilations readily go to comple- 

Polybutadiene was the first well-defined polymer used in a polymer analogous reaction to synthesize SCLCPs [201 -203], primarily for comparison to the corresponding block copolymers discussed in Sec. 4.1.1 of 

III Molecular Engineering of Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers 

In contrast to the direct cationic polymerizations of mesogenic vinyl ethers discussed in Sec. 2.3 of this chapter, poly[M-[(4 -cya-nophenyl-4 -phenoxy)alkyl] vinyl ether s 

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