Claims
- 1. Process of preparing a "living" polymer, the process comprising contacting under polymerizing conditions at least one polar acrylic or maleimide monomer with (i) a tetracoordinate organosilicon, organotin or organogermanium polymerization initiator having at least one initiating site, and (ii) a co-catalyst which is a source of bifluoride ions.
- 2. Process of claim 1, wherein the initiator compound also contains one or more functional substituents that are inert under polymerizing conditions.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 549,408 filed Nov. 7, 1983 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,524,196, as a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 389,111, filed June 17, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,414,372.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Polymer Science (USSR), vol. 16, No. 1 (1974), Makarov et al., pp. 1-7. |
Continuation in Parts (2)
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Jun 1982 |
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