Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Karin Weiss

Gerhard Langstein

Dieter Freitag

Werner Obrecht

Oskar Nuyken

Judit E Puskas

Karl-Heinz Alexsander Ostoja Starzewski

Michael Lanzendorfer

Martin Olaf Thüring

This invention relates to a process for polymerizing polar substituted norbornenes and/or cycloalkenes, optionally, in the presence of another unsaturated compound. The method is characterized in that the polymerization is carried out in the presence of one or more tungsten carbine complexes.

Method for polymerizing polar substituted cycloalkenes

Highly branched polyisoolefines are produced according to the invention by the polymerization of isoolefines in a single-stage process, in solution, suspension or in the gas phase in the presence of bifunctional monomers which contain at least one group capable of cationic polymerization and at least one group which serves as an initiator for the cationic polymerization of isoolefines (inimer), at temperatures from +20 to -100.degree. C., optionally in the presence of inert, organic solvents, and in the presence of alkylalumoxanes (coinitiator).

Process for producing highly branched polyisoolefins

Polyisoolefins are obtained using the process according to the invention by polymerising isoolefins, optionally with conjugated or unconjugated dienes and/or cationically polymerisable, mono- or polyunsaturated compounds at temperatures of -100.degree. C. to +100.degree. C. and pressures of 0.1 to 100 bar in solution, in suspension or in the gas phase in the presence of initiator systems consisting of certain hydrocarbons and open-chain and/or cyclic aluminoxane compounds.

Process for the production of polyisoolefins

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