In general, the vulcanization of polychloroprene is said to proceed by a combination reaction between two 1,a-units containing ally1 halides in the presence of a metal oxide, e.g., ZnO or MgO; the reaction mechanism is presumed to be as shown in eqs. (1)-(3).
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