Investigating highly crosslinked macroporous resins for solid-phase synthesis.

The washing efficiencies of a chromophore and the reaction rates of a classical esterification reaction are improved with macroporous resins (MRs) relative to a classical Merrifield resin. Furthermore, Wacker-oxidation of a MR bound alkene yielded the expected methylketone product whereas an alkene bound to a low-crosslinked Merrifield resin gave no product, a function of the relative permeability of each of these resins to the aqueous solvent conditions employed.