Organic Chemistry of Synthetic High Polymers

acid activation energy addition reaction aliphatic alkyl amine anhydride anionic aromatic benzyl carbon atom carbonium ion catalyst cationic polymerization CH₂ CH₂ chain transfer chain-growth polymerization chain-transfer Chem chloride cocatalyst compounds copolymer copolymerization counterion crosslinking crystalline cyclic decomposition decrease degree of polymerization dimer dissociation double bond endgroups Equation ester ether ethylene example formaldehyde formation free radicals free-radical polymerization functional groups glycol halides high molecular weight hydrogen increase initiation isocyanate isotactic kcal kcal mole-¹ kinetic chain linear polymers low molecular weight Makromol mechanism melting point merization reaction metal methyl methacrylate mole molecular weight molecular weight polymers monomer monomer molecule obtained occur olefin olefin monomers oxide peroxide phenol poly polyamides polyesters polymer molecules Polymer Sci polymeriza prepared propagation rate constants react repeating units resonance ring solvent stabilization step-growth polymerization step-growth polymerization reaction stereoregular steric structure styrene substitution Table temperature termination tion titanium vinyl acetate yields