9.3.1 MATERIALS

The following reagents were used for the synthesis and characterization: Grubbs’ first generation catalyst (PCy3)Cl2Ru = CH-Ph, pluronic P123 (PEO20PPO70PEO20), 1-butanol, bromine, 3-chloro-1-propanethiol (98%), magnesium turnings (98%), sodium chloride, potassium thiocyanate, ammo­nium iron sulfate dodecahydrate, nitric acid (65%), iron (III) chloride (98%; anhydrous), toluene (anhydrous), acetonitrile, sulfuric acid (H2SO4), silver nitrate were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Bornem, Belgium). Acetone (>99.5%) was acquired from VWR (Belgium). Tetrahydrofurane (rotidry) and hydrochloric acid (37%; p. a.) were purchased at Carl Roth (Karlsruhe, Germany). Vinyltriethoxysilane (97%) was acquired from ABCR (Karl­sruhe, Germany). The following reagents were used for the catalytic reac­tion: acetic acid (puriss. p. a., ACS reagens, >99.8%, GC/T), glycerol (puriss. p. a., ACS reagens, anhydrous, dist., >99.5%) were purchased from Fluka (Bornem, Belgium). 1-Propanol, 1-heptanol (98%) and o-xylene (98%) were obtained from Sigma Aldrich. All chemicals were used as received.