Together with collaborators from the Gutekunst lab at Georgia Tech, the Liu lab at the University of Pittsburgh, and Bristol Myers Squibb, today we report a one-step approach towards 1,2-diarylated sequence-encoded monomers that can be controllably polymerized via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). The method allows convenient access to otherwise inaccessible polymeric materials with the modularity inspired by classical cross-coupling. Congrats to the entire team: Van, Anne, and Camille from Scripps Research; Mizhi and Ethan from Georgia Tech; Yue from the University of Pittsburgh; and Steve from BMS!

For a link to the paper in Nature Synthesis, click here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44160-024-00618-1