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More than 50 years after Otto Bayer's detailed description of m,n-polyurethanes, the first general synthesis of n-polyurethanes 1 is described. This series of aliphatic n-polyurethanes is synthesized by the in situ polymerization of the corresponding alpha,omega-isocyanato alcohol monomers, which in turn are made out of linear alpha,omega-amino alcohols and di-tert-butyltricarbonate. Polymers of high molecular weight possessing a uniform microstructure are obtained, while their melting points show a strong odd-even effect.
Versteegen et al. (Mon,) studied this question.