Abstract:
THERE ARE DISCLOSED HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS OF AT LEAST ONE POLYCYCLIC POLYENE HAVING CONDENSED NUCLEI AND IN WHICH EACH PAIR OF CONDENSED NUCLEI HAS TWO CARBON ATOMS IN COMMON, AND AT LEAST ONE MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE AND HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFINS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA R-CH2=CH2, WHEREIN R IS AN ALKYL GROUP CONTAINING 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, AND MORE PARTICULARLY SUCH SUBSTANTIALLY LINEARAMORPHOUS COPOLYMERS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF BEING VULCANIZED. ALSO DISCLOSED IS A PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE LINEAR AMORPHOUS HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT COPOLYMERS CAPABLE OF BEING VULCANIZED. THE PROCESS COMPRISES THE USE OF CATALYSTS ACTING WITH A COORDINATE ANIONIC MECHANISM.