The polymerization of vinyl monomers with organometailic compounds was carried out in the presence of monodentate or bidentate phosphoryl compounds with-N(CH3)2 substituents. The polymerization of styrene or a-methylstyrene (a-MeSt) with organomagnesium compounds was more facilitated in the presence of the bidentate donors than in the presence of the monodentate type. In the polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) with diethylzinc or organoaluminium compounds, the bidentate phosphoramides were less effective donors than the monodentate ones. The latter polymerization was considered to be caused by the coordination of both the phosphoramides and AN with the organometailic compounds, and to be reduced by the undesirable coordination of the bidentate phosphoramides to the sites required for the coordination of AN. The equilibrium monomer concentration ([M]e) in the polymerization of a-MeSt was dependent on the solvents used for the polymerization; the values of [M]e was smailer in toluene than in tetrahydrofuran.