ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF DIFFERENT REACTION ROUTES TO POLYMER FORMATIONIN REVERSIBLE POLYMERIZATION - OXEPANE AND 1,3-DIOXOLANE POLYMERIZATION CASES

The analysis of the contributions of different propagation routes in r eversible polymerization was performed. It was shown by computer simul ations that material and kinetic contributions of the given propagatio n route can differ. An especially large difference between these quant ities was found in the simulated polymerization of 1,3-dioxolane. This allowed to explain the unexpectedly large difference between the valu es of the apparent rate constant of propagation and the estimated rate constant of the corresponding elementary reaction of propagation in t he polymerization of 1,3-dioxolane.