Radical copolymerizations of 1-chloro-1,3-butadiene (CB) were carried out with styrene (St), 1,3-butadiene (Bd), or chloroprene (Cp) in toluene at 70 °C by AIBN. The monomer reactivity ratios are found as follows: rCB=1.21±0.10, rSt=0.10±0.03; rCB=0.27±0.02, rBd=0.56±0.03. Copolymerization of CB and Cp showed CB was much less reactive than Cp. The Q and e values of CB were calculated to be 3.13 and +0.65, respectively. 1H NMR and IR of poly(CB-co-St) showed 60% of CB units are of 1,4-configuration and the rest 3,4-configuration.
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