casting dish. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDC13, ppm): 6 0.8-1.8 (m, 21H), 1.98-2.28 (m, 3H),

3.2-3.8 (m, 3H), 4.0-4.8 (m, 1H), 5.66-6.21 (d, br, 1H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDC13,

ppm): 6 19.51, 24.92, 25.14, 25.87, 29.32 29.37, 29.45, 29.59, 29.79, 34.29, 36.90, 51.42.

Hydrogenation of Alaninol Polymer (14)

 A (0.463 g) film of the alaninol olefin was dissolved in a mixture of ethanol and

THF (20mL/25mL). 20 mg of Wilkinson's catalyst was added to the solution. This

solution was placed in a Parr Bomb hydrogenation chamber. The solution was stirred

under 600 psi H2 at 80 C for four days. The resulting solution was filtered through a

small plug of Celite in order to remove the Wilkinson's catalyst. This solution was

precipitated into ice-cold diethyl ether in a 100:1 volume ratio of diethyl ether to CHCl3.

The insoluble high molecular weight polymer was then filtered on a Kontes filtration

apparatus using a 0.45 micron Teflon filter. The collected polymer (14) was dissolved in

CHC13 and cast on a Teflon film-casting dish. H NMR (300 MHz, CDC13, ppm): 6 0.7-

1.7 (m, 36H), 1.98-2.09 (q, 4H), 2.11-2.18 (t, 2H), 3.94-4.08 (d, 2H), 4.08-4.15 (s, 1H),

5.72-5.90 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDC13, ppm): 624.98, 25.13, 29.31, 29.37,

29.57, 29.78, 34.27.

Hydrogenation of Valinol Polymer (15)

 A (0.548 g) film of the valinol olefin was dissolved in 30mL chloroform. 30 mg of

Wilkinson's catalyst was added to the solution. This solution was placed in a Parr Bomb

hydrogenation chamber. The solution was stirred under 1400 psi H2 at 80 C for four

days. The NMR data revealed some residual internal olefin at 130 ppm and 5.35 ppm

respectively. 30 mL of ethanol was added to improve the solubility of hydrogen in the

solution. An additional 37 mg of Wilkinson's catalyst was also added. The solution was