| Abstract: | The cationic electropolymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether was induced and controlled by sequences of pulses of current of various lengths and of similar or opposite polarity. A remarkable degree of control over the rate of the reaction was demonstrated for a system that is subject to “flash” polymerization by conventional chemical initiators. The mechanism is shown definitively not to correspond to the electric field effects proposed by Tanaka, Ise and Sakurada as applicable to all such electropolymerizations. |
