“…Earlier studies showed that α,α ′‐dimethylenepimelates, ether dimers of α ‐(hydroxymethyl)acrylates and dicyano‐containing diacrylates are excellent monomers for cyclopolymerization, giving high polymerization rates, high cyclization efficiencies, low polymerization shrinkages, and high thermal stabilities for the polymers 16, 17. Synthesis and cyclopolymerization of a series of 4,4‐disubstituted 1,6‐diene monomers with different substituents (COOR, CN, aryl, substituted aryl, COOH, halogen, C(O)NHR, C(O)NR 2 at 2,6 positions and H, COOH, COOR, CN, C(O)NHR, C(O)NR 2 , P(O)(OR) 2 , SO 2 R at 4,4‐positions) have been reported 18…”