Abstract: | The kinetic feature of the anionic polymerization of N-PMI was investigated in THF. The polymerization system initiated with lithium tert-butoxide was revealed to be so-called “slow-initiation” system. The rate constant of the initiation reaction, ki, was obtained to be 4.2 × 10?3 (L mol?1 s?1) at ?72°C. The apparent rate constants of the propagation reaction, k, at ?72°C were individually obtained from each slope of the first-order plots in the later stages of the polymerizations for four different initiator concentrations. Each k is fairly close to that of initiation rate around 10?3. The propagation reaction was concluded to be dominated by ion-pair mechanism from the analysis of the kinetic data and the results of the addition effects of crown ether and common salt. |