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Oxidative polymerization of 2,6‐bis(3‐methyl‐2‐butenyl)phenol (1) was carried out by copperpyridine catalyst. 1 was oxidatively polymerized to yield poly[oxy‐2,6‐bis(3‐methyl‐2‐butenyl)‐1,4‐phenylene] (2) in a similar manner as it has been observed for 2,6‐dimethylphenol (3a). 2 is an oily material with a degree of polymerization of 6,2. 1 and 3a copolymerized with similar reactivity to form the copolymer 4 (degree of polymerization 16 to 29). The 3‐methyl‐2‐butenyl groups in the polymer show enough chemical reactivity for an addition of bromine or graft‐polymerization.
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