CATALYTIC COPOLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS AND CARBON-MONOXIDE - A REVIEW

The state-of-the-art in the field of synthesis and characterization of functional polymers obtained by the method of catalytic (statistical and alternating) copolymerization of olefins and carbon monoxide (CO) is reviewed. The features of the synthesis of binary (olefin-CO) copol ymers, the effect of various process conditions on the copolymerizatio n rate and some properties of the target copolymers, mechanism of copo lymerization, and the structure, properties, and possible applications of the alternating copolymers are considered.