V. Novakova et al., POLYMERIZATION OF LACTAMS .89. MAGNESIUM CAPROLACTAMATES AS INITIATORS OF EPSILON-CAPROLACTAM POLYMERIZATION, Macromolecular symposia, 102, 1996, pp. 115-122
The anionic polymerization of epsilon-caprolactam initiated with magne
sium initiators was studied in the interval 180-250 degrees C. epsilon
-Caprolactam magnesium bromide was much more active than magnesium di(
epsilon-caprolacramate) and the activity of both depended on the way o
f their preparation. The polymerizations obey the zero order kinetics
with respect to the monomer.