Purac (99% Netherlands), crystallized from 2-propanol and stored under
reduced pressure. Paraformaldehyde (99%), p-toluenesulfonic
acid (pTSA, 98%), 3-allyloxypropane-1,2-diol (98%), 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol
(98%), triflic acid (99%), phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), propanethiol (99%), mercaptoethanol (95%), thioglycolic
acid (98%), propargyl glycidyl ether (98%), propargyl alcohol (97%),
copper (I) bromide, pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (95%, PMDTA), and
sodium azide were purchased from Merck and used without further purification.
Butan-1,4-diol (99%, Acros) was used as received. AIBN was purchased
from Sigma-Aldrich and crystallized from ethanol at 40 °C. Methylene
chloride from POCH was distilled over P2O5 and
maintained under a vacuum. Toluene (95%), hexane (95%), diethyl ether
(98%), and HCl (35%) were purchased from POCH (Gliwice, Poland) and
used as received. Anhydrous ethylene glycol (ethane-1,2-diol) (<99.9%,
Sigma-Aldrich) was used as received.