“…Ethyl 4‐hydroxy‐2‐methylene‐4‐phenylbutanoate (9 c) :59 Compound 9 c was obtained from benzaldehyde (0.5 mmol) and polymer 1 c as a colorless oil (100 mg, 91 %) after purification by flash chromatography (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 88:12, R f = 0.10); 1 H NMR: δ = 1.32 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 3 H), 2.66 (dd, J = 14.1, 8.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.78 (dd, J = 14.1, 4.2 Hz, 1 H), 2.92 (d, J = 3.6 Hz, 1 H), 4.20 (q, J = 7.2 Hz, 2 H), 4.87 (ddd, J = 8.4, 4.2, 3.6 Hz, 1 H), 5.58 (d, J = 1.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.22 (d, J = 1.2 Hz, 1 H), 7.23–7.37 (m, 5 H) ppm; 13 C NMR: δ = 14.2, 42.6, 61.1, 73.2, 125.7 (2×C), 127.5, 128.2, 128.4 (2×C), 137.2, 144.0, 167.8 ppm; IR (KBr): $\tilde \nu $ = 3460, 3074, 3030, 2981, 2960, 2929, 2872, 1715, 1630, 1500, 1455, 1193, 756, 700 cm −1 ; MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (relative intensity): 220 (2), 175 (5), 174 (18), 157 (7), 129 (15), 114 (88), 107 (100), 105 (18), 86 (73), 79 (71), 77 (46), 69 (21), 68 (48), 40 (20), 29 (14).…”