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WE wish to report some results obtained in a study of the anionic polymerization of styrene in benzene initiated by “living” poly-α-methylstyryl rubidium. Previous workers1 have shown that at monomer concentrations of 2 × 10−2 mole l.−1 and below the rate is first order with respect to both “living ends” and monomer, the rate constant for propagation (kp) being 19.3 l. mole−1 sec−1 at 19.5° C.
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EAST, G., HARRISON, M. Monomer Solvation of Ion Pairs in Anionic Polymerization. Nature 215, 273–274 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215273a0
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