“…M w;GPC ¼ 5.8 kDa, PDI ¼ 1.45; M n;NMR ¼ 4.7 kDa; yield: 87%; 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CD 3 OD, d): 4.00-3.40 (m, hPG backbone), 1.37 (q, methylene group -CH 2 CH 3 , TMP initiator), 0.88 (t, ethyl group -CH 2 CH 3 , TMP initiator) 13. C NMR (175 MHz, D 2 O, d): 80.0-79.0 (hPG backbone, linear 1-3 units), 78.5-77.5 (hPG backbone, dendritic units), 72.5-71.5 (hPG backbone, linear 1-4 units), 71.5-70.0 (hPG backbone, linear/dendritic units) 70.0-68.5 (hPG backbone, linear 1-3/1-4 units), 63.0-62.0 (hPG backbone, terminal units), 61.5-60.0 (hPG backbone, linear 1-3 units), 43.1, 22.4, 7.1 (TMP initiator); DB ¼ 42%.…”