P. Chaumont, G. Beinert, J. Herz
Sep 4, 1979
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Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Abstract
2,4,6-Trimethylstyrene (3a) was found to be polymerizable anionically yielding well defined samples of poly(2,4,6-trimethylstyrene) (4) with low polydispersity, provided the reaction is carried out at low temperature in a polar solvent. It could be demonstrated that the bulkiness of the trimethylphenyl substituents in this polymer is responsible for the somewhat enhanced rigidity of the chain, and for the increase of the glass transition temperature with respect to polystyrene and to some other methyl substituted polystyrenes.