“…On the other hand, 1,3-dienes, such as butadiene (BD), isoprene, cyclopentadiene, and furan, readily react with MAn to yield Diels–Alder adducts, but not alternating copolymers. In fact, we found very few reports about the radical copolymerization of 1,3-diene monomers with MAn in the literature . Thus, the directivity of MAn to Diels–Alder reactions is an obstacle for the copolymerization with 1,3-dienes, while Diels–Alder polymer reaction is one of the most convenient and reliable methods for the synthesis of self-healing materials, bioconjugated functional polymers, well-controlled polymer architectures, and controlled polymer networks .…”