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Introduction

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Cyclic Polymers

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In the 1930s, Staudinger’s macromolecular hypothesis was generally accepted and his long chain formulae for polystyrene, polyoxymethylene and other polymers became fully established.1 As described by Flory,2 ring structures had been assigned to some polymers earlier in the century but they were later shown to be erroneous. It soon became accepted that synthetic polymers were based on long chain molecules that could be linear, branched or cross-linked to form networks. The linear polymers could have mean molar masses of millions, corresponding to tens of thousands of skeletal bonds.2

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