“…The PSBD comonomers ( Chart 1 ), including 1-phenyl-1,3-butadiene (PBD), 1-phenethyl-1,3-butadiene (PEBD), 1-(4-methoxylphenyl)-1,3-butadiene ( p -MEPBD), 1-(2-methoxylphenyl)-1,3-butadiene ( o -MEPBD), 1-(4- N , N -dimethylaminophenyl)-1,3-butadiene ( p -DMPBD), were prepared in high yields under mild conditions via Wittig reaction according to previously reported protocol. 36 Further purification by flash column chromatography was undertaken to obtain the readily polymerizable comonomers. All the chemical structures and purities were confirmed by 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR.…”