Aa. Arestyakubovich et al., STUDY OF CHAIN TRANSFER TO ISOBUTYLENE IN THE COURSE OF BUTADIENE POLYMERIZATION INITIATED BY THE SODIUM INITIATOR, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 36(9), 1994, pp. 1553-1555
Polymerization of butadiene initiated by soluble organosodium inititor
is studied in hydrocarbon solutions in the presence of isobutylene; t
he structure of the polymers formed is analyzed. Rate constants of cha
in transfer to isobutylene are evaluated, and the participation of the
both methyl groups of isobutylene in chain transfer is shown.