acid (98%, TCI America), resorcinol (1,3-benzene diol, 99%, Sigma-Aldrich),
trifluoroacetic acid (TFA, 99%, Sigma-Aldrich), ethanolamine (98%,
Sigma-Aldrich), anhydrous ethanol (99.5%, Sigma-Aldrich), 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic
acid (NBCOOH, mixture of endo- and exo-isomers, 98%, Sigma-Aldrich), N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC, 98%, Proteochem),
hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt, 97%, Sigma-Aldrich), 11-bromoundecanoic
acid (99%, Sigma-Aldrich), potassium carbonate (K2CO3, 99%, Sigma-Aldrich), anhydrous dimethylformamide (DMF, 99%,
Acros Organics), dry methylene chloride (CH2Cl2, DCM, 99.8%, Acros Organics), anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (THF, 99.8%,
Acros Organics), triethylamine (99.5%, Sigma-Aldrich), pyridine (99.8%,
Acros Organics), second-generation Grubbs catalyst ((H2IMes)(pyr)2(Cl)2RuCHPh (mG2), 98%, AK Scientific),
and ethyl vinyl ether (EVE, 99%, Acros Organics). Rhodamine HO-Rh-OH
was synthesized using a literature protocol.8 (link)