Title

Quasiliving Carbocationic Polymerization V: Quasiliving Polymerization of Lndene

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1982

Abstract

Quasiliving polymerization of indene, i.e., an increase of the molecular weight of polyindenes with the cumulative amount of consumed monomer, has been demonstrated using the “H2O”/ BCl3, 2-chloroindene/BCl, “H2O”/TiCl4, 2-chloroindene/TiCl4, and cumyl chloride/TiCl4 initiating systems in CH2Cl2solvent at -50°C. However, chain transfer operates in every system investigated, and sets a limit to DPn,max. The efficiency of the 2-chloroindene and cumyl chloride initiators is very low. The behavior of BCl3and TiCl4 coinitiators on the polymerization has also been investigated.

Publication Title

Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A - Chemistry

Volume

18

Issue

9

First Page

1263

Last Page

1274

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