Recent Advances in Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects of Polymerization

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Recent Advances in the Controlled Synthesis of Acrylic Polymers by Group Transfer Polymerization....Pages 3-21
Kinetics of Group Transfer Polymerization....Pages 23-40
Group Transfer Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with Basic Catalysts....Pages 41-47
The Mechanism of Nucleophilic Activation at Silicon....Pages 49-60
ALDOL-GTP in Controlled Synthesis of Vinyl Alcohol Polymers....Pages 61-72
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 73-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Controlled Synthesis of Various Poly(Alkyl Methacrylates) by Anionic Techniques....Pages 79-100
The Anionic Polymerization of Alkyl Acrylates : A Challenge....Pages 101-117
Stability of Active Centres in Polymerization - Methods of Study of Short-Lived Active Centres....Pages 119-132
Living Cationic Olefin Polymerization....Pages 133-143
Living and ’Immortal’ Polymerizations of Epoxide with Metalloporphyrin Catalyst....Pages 145-153
From Anionic to Ziegler-Natta Polymerization: Application to the Determination of the Reactivity of Ziegler-Natta Active Centers....Pages 155-170
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 171-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Novel Polycondensation System for the Synthesis of Polyamides and Polyesters....Pages 179-189
Recent Progress in the Use of Phase Transfer Catalysis for Polycondensation Reactions. Application to the Preparation of Polyethers, Polycarbonates and Polyesters.....Pages 191-206
Synthesis of Polyaryletherketones....Pages 207-221
Electrochemical Reductive Polycondensation of Dibromoaromatic Derivatives into Poly (1,4 - Phenylene)....Pages 223-235
Polymerization of Reactive Telechelic Oligomers. Formation of Thermostable Networks.....Pages 237-254
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 255-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Polymerization in Inclusion Compounds....Pages 261-280
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Radical Polymerization Along Macromolecular Templates....Pages 281-292
Formation of Polymers of ß-Hydroxybutyric Acid in Bacterial Cells and a Comparison of the Morphology of Growth with the Formation of Polyethylene in the Solid State....Pages 293-314
Additional Report....Pages 315-316
Polymerized Vesicles....Pages 317-324
Polymerization of Acrylamide in Inverse Emulsion....Pages 325-334
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 335-339
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Metal Carbene Complexes in Polymer Synthesis....Pages 343-352
The Role of Carbene Complexes in the Phillips Olefin Polymerization (Surface Compounds of Transition Metals, Part XXXI (1))....Pages 353-362
Stereochemistry and Intermediates in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Norbornene and Its Derivatives....Pages 363-373
Polymerization of Alkynes Initiated by Stable Metal Carbene Complexes....Pages 375-391
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 393-396
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Optically Active Vinyl Polymers with Backbone Chirality....Pages 399-408
Conformational Optical Activity in Polymers....Pages 409-423
Chiral Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers: An Overview....Pages 425-450
Atropisomeric Polymers....Pages 451-464
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 465-470
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Some Aspects of the Polymerization of Olefins with High Activity Heterogeneous Catalysts....Pages 473-484
Molecular Weight Distribution in Ziegler-Natta Olefin Polymerization....Pages 485-502
Stereospecific Polymerization of Olefins with Homogeneous Catalysts....Pages 503-514
The Migratory Catalyst: α-Olefin Polymerization by 2,ω-Linkage....Pages 515-533
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene Homo- and Co-Polymerization....Pages 535-536
Pending Questions in Coordination Polymerization of Diolefins....Pages 537-545
Report of Discussions and Recommendations....Pages 547-551
Back Matter....Pages 535-565