Synthesis of poly(aryleneethynylene)s bearing glucose units as substituentsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental procedures and related references, and IR and NMR spectra of all the compounds. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b207753a/

A series of poly(aryleneethynylene)s functionalized with acetylated glucopyranosyl units were synthesized by the Pd-catalyzed reaction of trimethylsilylethynyl derivatives with aromatic halides in the presence of silver oxide.