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A new family of ligands (dual sigma - pi ligand), i.e. chelating lithi
um alkoxides, Li-O-(CH2-CH2O)nCH3, is shown to be very effective in pr
omoting the living anionic Polymerization of methacrylic and acrylic e
sters, including a number of primary alkyl acrylates such as n-butyl a
crylate and 2-ethylhexylacrylate.