“…Topchiev et al (2) prepared poly-P-nitrostyrene by the action of sodium methylate on the monomer, but did not succeed with BF3.Et20, BF3.H3P0, or benzoylperoxyde a s initiator. Worrall zaldehyde and nitromethane by the method of Thiele (9), melted at 56- (2) Copolymerization. Preliminary experiments showed that the addition of 10% w/w of P-nitrostyrene to styrene inhibits its polymerization, even when heating for several days at 8OoC.…”