Fig. 8

a Comparison of the transformability of VBpin and VBaam units into ethylene units through the replacement of boron with protons using 4-tert-butylpyrocatechol (TBC) as the proton source. b Synthesis of poly(ethylene-co-tert-butyl acrylate) via radical copolymerization of VBaam and tert-butyl acrylate and postpolymerization protonation and characterization of the product by 13C NMR (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [59]. Copyright 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry)