Cationic copolymerization of 1,3‐dioxolane with styrene

Abstract

Abstract Cationic copolymerization of 1,3‐dioxolane with styrene was performed in toluene solution at 25°C. using boron fluoride etherate as catalyst. Determination of formaldehyde units in the copolymer showed that the two monomer units formed somewhat longer sequences in the copolymer chain than calculated on the assumption that these monomer units are statistically distributed in the copolymer chain according to their copolymerization parameters.