The synthesis of diene and of vinyl copolymers containing predetermined quantities of polynuclear hydrocarbon or heterocyclic adducts—IV. Copolymers of butadiene or isoprene,anthracene and a linking agent

Evidence is given that, when solutions of diene monomers and anthracene in tetrahydrofuran are reacted with alkali metal and subsequently titrated with linking agents such as alkyl dihalides, copolymers are formed; they contain the 9,10-dihydroanthracene adduct and the diene in the same proportion as in the original solution. The structures of these copolymers have been elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and the mechanism of formation is discussed.