COPOLYMERIZATION OF ALLYLIC MONOMERS AND ACRYLATES IN THE PRESENCE OFELEMENTOORGANIC COMPOUNDS

A catalytic quantity of several elementoorganic compounds of the 3 -4 groups promoted the copolymerization of allyl chloride and allyl alcoh ol with methylacrylates in high yields and in a wide range of composit ion. In the case of MMA and allyl chloride, the introduction of boron, aluminum and bismuth alkyl derivatives had a considerable influence o n the dependence of the monomer mixture, and also on the kinetics of c opolymerization, the molecular weight, and several physical chemical p roperties of the copolymers. The results obtained were explained using the coordination radical mechanism conception of the copolymerization of monomers in the presence of organometallic compounds acting as wea k Lewis acids.