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Intrinsic chain-end stabilization enables chain-transfer-agent-free living cationic ring-opening polymerization of cyclic enol ethers

Cationic ring-opening polymerization of substituted six-membered cyclic enol ethers offers a distinct route to vinyl polymers with head-to-head alternating side chains. However, poor control over the propagating chain-end—conventionally assumed to be a ring-opened oxocarbenium io...