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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jinshan Wang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Philippe Teyssie, Neuville en Condroz, BE;
Philippe Heim, Pau, FR;
Bruno Vuillemin, Pau, FR;
Assignee:
Elf Atochem S.A., Puteaux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
526187 ; 526189 ; 5263297 ;
Abstract
Mechanically strong; heat-resistant and transparent PMMA polymers having a high content of syndiotactic triads, a number average molecular weight ranging from 5,000 to 500,000 and a polydispersity index ranging from 1.01 to 1.5, are prepared by anionically polymerizing methyl methacrylate, characteristically at a temperature of at least 0.degree. C., in the presence of (a) at least one organolithium or organosodium initiator and (b) at least one AlR.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 ligand, for example at least one di- or tri-phenoxy alkyl aluminum compound.