“…As noted above, PVC readily undergoes substitution reactions with nucleophiles. Previous work with PVC has primarily utilized S-, N-and O-based nucleophiles to generate materials for targeted applications such as catalysis, [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] separations, [42][43][44][45][46][47] metal-complexation, [48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55] biodegradable polymers, 56,57 thermally stable and photostable polymers, 58,59 and antimicrobial polymers. 59,60 In their 2010 and 2015 reviews, Moulay outlines many transformations that occur via a heterolytic, S N 2 mechanism.…”