Abstract: | The polymerization of 4-methylstyrene with the (trimethyl)pentamethylcyclopentadienyltitanium (Cp*TiMe3)/tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane (B(C6F5)3)/trioctylaluminium (AlOct3) catalytic system at –20°C was carried out. The number-average molecular weight (Mn) of the polymers increased linearly with increasing monomer conversion. The propagating chain ends were successfully reacted with tert-butyl isocyanate, and the Mn of the polymer determined by 1H NMR was in good agreement with the Mn determined by GPC measurement. It is concluded that this catalytic system promoted the syndiospecific living polymerization of 4-methylstyrene. |