the anthracene/maleimide Diels–Alder reaction with polyhomologation, is presented. For the
synthesis of diblock copolymers the following approach was applied:(a) synthesis of α-
anthracene-ω-hydroxy-polymethylene by polyhomologation using tri (9-anthracene-methyl
propyl ether) borane as the initiator,(b) synthesis of furan-protected-maleimide-terminated
poly (ε-caprolactone) or polyethylene glycol and (c) the Diels–Alder reaction between the …