Thermoinitiated Cationic Polymerization of Styrene with a Pyridinium Salt

Hitomi Uno, Toshikazu Takata, Takeshi Endo

Chemistry Letters · 1988 · 25 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Abstract N-Benzyl-p-cyanopyridinium hexafluoroantimonate behaved as a thermally latent catalyst to initiate the cationic polymerization of styrene at 120 °C leading to polystyrene possessing a bimodal molecular weight distribution.

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