(4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)phenyl)methanol (>98%),
dimethylformamide (>99.5%), 1,4-dioxane (stab. with BHT, >99%),
glycidyl
methacrylate (stab. with MEHQ, >99.5%), tetrahydrothiophene (>99%),
2-(ethylthio)ethanol (>98%), 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane
(>98%), and 3,4-dimethoxybenzylamine (>97%) were purchased from
Tokyo
Chemical Industry (TCI). Methacryloyl chloride (stab. with MEHQ,>97%),
dimethyl sulfoxide (>99.5%,anhydrous), 2-bromobenzaldehyde (98%),
4-((((2-carboxyethyl)thio)carbonothioyl)thio)-4-cyanopentanoic acid
(95%), hexafluorobenzene (99%), hexafluoro-2-propanol (>99%), and
4-tert-butylbenzylamine (97%) were purchased from
Sigma Aldrich. Tetrakis(triphenylphosphane)palladium (99%) and benzyl
amine (99%) were purchased from ACROS Organics. Methyl-p-tolylsulfide (97%), benzyl methacrylate (stab. with 4-Methoxy phenol,
98%), and 4,4′-azobis(4-cyanopentanoic acid) (98%) were purchased
from Alfa Aesar. Acetonitrile (>99.9%) was purchased from Honeywell.
Toluene (>99.8%), ethanol (absolute), and dichloromethane (>99%)
were
purchased from Fisher Scientific. Na2CO3 (>99.5%)
was purchased from Carl Roth. Deuterated dichloromethane (99.6%) was
purchased from Deutero GmbH. Regenerated cellulose dialysis tubing
(Sevapor 3, MWCO 3500, 16 mm diameter) was purchased from Serva.