Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe, Vol.50, No.10, 723-727, 1997
Investigation of the nickel catalyzed homopolymerization of butadiene and the copolymerization butadiene/styrene
Butadiene was polymerized with the Ziegler-Natta-catalyst system Ni(oct)(2)/BF3 . Et2O/AIEt(3). The influence of monomer concentration and polymerization time on conversion, cis-1,4-content and molecular weight was investigated, Furthermore, the copolymerization butadiene/styrene with the same catalyst was realized and the reaction reactivities determined.