Development of a Living Anionic Polymerization of Ethylphenylketene: A Novel Approach to Well-Defined Polyester Synthesis

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1711-1713

  Sudo, Atsushi ^a   Uchino, Satoshi ^a   Endo, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; INITIATORS (CHEMICAL); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANOMETALLICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BUTYLLITHIUM; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; POLYETHYLPHENYLKETENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0033537567     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981567r     Document Type: Article

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