7 and 2 grams of p toluene sulfonic acid as a catalyst was heated under n 2 slowly to reflux at reflux water was formed from the polymerization and was removed by azeotrope until no more water was formed much of the cyclohexanol was then distilled off under vacuum excess water was then added whereby the polymer precipitated out the polymer was washed with water and dried the dried polymer was dissolved in acetonitrile and refluxed to remove any residual water by azeotrope the solution was cooled down and transferred to a pressure vessel 2 grams of triethanolamine catalyst and 150 grams of ethyleneoxide were then added the reaction mixture was heated at 60 u00b0 c for 2 hours at the end of the reaction the mixture was dialyzed against water to remove any low molecular weight material and the polymer was recovered by freeze drying to 355 grams of the polymer prepared in example 1 dissolved in tetrohydeofuran were added slowly 23 grams of metallic sodium under nitrogen atmosphere the mixture was refluxed until all sodium was reacted the reaction mixture was then cooled down and 106 grams of predistilled propane sultone were then added the mixture was refluxed overnight under nitrogen atmosphere after distilling off much of the tetrohydrofuran water was added to dissolve the polymer the aqueous solution was dialyzed to remove any low molecular weight material that might be present and freeze dried to recover the polymer the novel water soluble polymers.