SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND REACTIVITY OF MACROMONOMERS

The various approaches which have been used to prepare macromonomers a re presented in the first part of this review. Besides the pathways' b ased on ''living'' polymerizations, intense efforts have been devoted to develop methods allowing access to macromonomers by transformation of omega-functional polymers. In the second part of this survey, the a bility of macromonomers to copolymerize with comonomers and to homopol ymerize is discussed. It appears that the macromonomers generally exhi bit a lower reactivity than their micromolecular models. The reasons f or this behaviour are commented upon.