Chemists Correct the Structures of Elusive Seven-Membered Cyclic Imino Ethers

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Commonly used by chemists as ligands for catalysts, cyclic imino ethers can also be polymerized to make materials that could help transport drugs into cells. Bart Verbraeken had been trying, unsuccessfully, to polymerize a seven-membered cyclic imino ether when he suspected that something was amiss.