Catalyst-controlled polycondensation of glycerol with diacyl chlorides: linear polyesters from a trifunctional monomer† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic protocols, characterization data, NMR and IR spectral data and GPC chromatograms. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01886j Click here for additional data file.

General ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Polymer Synthesis ........................................................................................................................... 2 Isolation of Unfractionated Polymers ............................................................................................. 5 Model Compounds .......................................................................................................................... 5 Polymer Post-Modification ............................................................................................................. 6 Modelling of Isomer Linkages to Assign C NMR Signals .......................................................... 8 Quantitative C NMR Studies........................................................................................................ 9 Differential Scanning Calorimetry ................................................................................................ 13 NMR Spectra ................................................................................................................................ 15 IR Spectra...................................................................................................................................... 21 GPC Data ...................................................................................................................................... 25