“…Ring‐opening hydrolysis of the remaining, non‐reacted oxirane groups was done under acetic acid catalysed condition, following largely the procedure of Shaw et al . 22. To verify that the applied conditions actually led to hydrolysis of the oxirane groups, GMA monomer was stirred in the 4.8 mM aqueous acetic acid solution, pH 3.0, at 60°C for 24 h and subjected to NMR analysis: 1 H NMR (360 MHz) of GMA monomer in CDCl 3 : δ H =5.55 and 6.20 (2s, 2H, CH 2 =C), 4.50 (dd, J H‐H =12.3 Hz, J H‐CH =3.1 Hz, 1H, O=C‐O‐CH 2 ), 4.10 (dd, J H‐H =12.3 Hz, J H‐CH =3.1 Hz, 1H, O=C‐O‐CH 2 ), 3.30 (m, 1H, O‐CH oxirane ), 2.72 and 2.92 (dd, 2H, O‐CH 2oxirane ), 2.00 (s, 3H, CH 3 ).…”