New Methods of Polymer Synthesis
Most practitioners and students of polymer chemistry are familiar, in general terms at least, with the established methods of polymer synthesis - radical, anionic, cationic and coordination addition polymerization, and stepwise con densation and rearrang
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data New methods of polymer synthesis. I. Polymerisation I. Ebdon, J.R. 547.28 ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-1532-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data New methods of polymer synthesis / edited by J.R. Ebdon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-1532-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-1530-8 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-1530-8 I. Polymerization. I. Ebdon, J.R. QD281.P6N48 1991 668.9-dc20 90-43657 CIP
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Preface
Most practitioners and students of polymer chemistry are familiar, in general terms at least, with the established methods of polymer synthesis - radical, anionic, cationic and coordination addition polymerization, and stepwise condensation and rearrangement polymerization. These methods are used to synthesize the majority of polymers used in the manufacture of commercially important plastics, fibres, resins and rubbers, and are covered in most introductory polymer chemistry textbooks and in most undergraduate and graduate courses on polymer science. Fewer polymer chemists, however, have much familiarity with more recent developments in methods of polymer synthesis, unless they have been specifically involved for some time in the synthesis of speciality polymers. These developments include not only refinements to established methods but also new mechanisms of polymerization, such as group transfer and metathesis polymerization and novel non-polymerization routes to speciality polymers involving, for example, the chemical modification of preformed polymers or the linking together of short terminally functionalized blocks. Until now, those wishing to obtain an overview of recent developments in methods of polymer synthesis have had to consult a large number and wide variety of sources, including primary scientific journals, conference reports and specialist review articles. This book attempts to make the process of obtaining such an overview easier, by bringing together up-to-date reviews of a number of key areas. Inevitably, not all develbpments in methods of polymer synthesis of interest and importance can be included in a single book, if it is to be of manageable proportions. However, the topics have been chosen with care to cover a wide range of chemistry and, hopefully, therefore to serve a variety of needs. In particular,
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