Abstract: An improved process for producing resin particles by a bead suspension polymerization reaction, and a polymer formed by the process wherein the process comprises: providing a liquid reaction medium suitable for conducting the polymerization; forming a suspension agent system in the reaction medium by an in situ interaction of at least two components in the reaction medium, for example, certain water soluble metal halides and polyvinylacetate derived polymers; adding at least one polymerizable monomer compound to the resulting reaction medium having the suspension agent system dispersed therein; and effecting polymerization of the monomer in the reaction medium to form low ash content beads of the polymer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing a polymer predominating in terminal unsaturation by cationically polymerising a 1-olefin in the liquid phase at a temperature from -100.degree. to +100.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising tin tetrachloride and a co-catalyst which is a source of cations and which is substantially free of organometallic compounds. The process is particularly suited to producing polybutenes having high vinylidene content which have high reactivity, especially towards forming maleic anhydride adducts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of alternating copolymers from unsaturated polar compounds and olefins in the presence of complexing agents, in which the complexing agent comprising the primarily formed copolymer/metal compound complex can be recovered in a simple manner and in reusable form.The copolymerization is carried out in the presence of salts, such as nitrates, but preferably halides, of divalent metal ions as the complexing agent in organic solvents at pressures of up to about 100 bar and at temperatures between -78.degree. C. and 100.degree. C. with the use of free-radical initiators.The reaction product is a mixture of the copolymer of a strictly alternating structure of unsaturated polar compounds and olefin, and of a copolymer which is higher in the unsaturated polar compound. The alternating copolymer can be easily separated therefrom by extraction with solvents, such as trichloromethane or acetone.

Abstract: Fluoroelastomers characterized by the presence of iodine or bromine atoms at the end of the polymeric chain in an amount equal to or lower than 1 iodine or bromine atom per polymeric chain, and by a bromine content in the chain ranging from 0.05 to 2% by weight referred to the total weight of the monomeric units.Said fluoroelastomers exhibit improved characteristics of processability, particularly as regards the utilization in injection molding processes and the detaching from the molds, as well as of stability to heat.A process for preparing fluoroelastomers containing iodine or bromine atoms at the ends of the polymeric chain, in an amount equal to or lower than 1 iodine or bromine atom per polymeric chain, which process comprises polymerizing mixes of fluorinated monomers (VDF, TFE, HFP, FVE) in bulk, in suspension, in aqueous emulsion, or in solution of organic solvents by means of radical starters, in the presence of compounds capable of providing I.sup.- or Br.sup.

Abstract: Hydrocarbons and polymers thereof, of the structure (I)R--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --Cl (I)where R is a hydrocarbon radical, are prepared by reacting corresponding starting materials which contain chlorine bonded to tertiary carbon, of the structureR--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --Cl (II)with from 1 to 10 moles of butadiene in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in a solvent which is inert to the catalyst, and the hydrocarbons or polymers thereof can be reacted in a further step of the process with a compound from the group comprising ammonia, primary or secondary amine or polyamine, amino alcohol, amino ether, hydrazine or hydrazine which is substituted up to three times.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a petroleum resin is disclosed. The process comprises, polymerizing a petroleum fraction containing unsaturated hydrocarbons in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalyst, and washing the polymerized product with water or an alkaline solution in the presence of 1-200 ppm of a polymer having a hydroxyl value of 40-120 mg KOH/g and represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a C.sub.4-16 alkyl group, each R.sub.2 individually represents H or a methyl group, each X individually represents H, an alkyl or an aminomethyl group, n is an integer of 0-8, and m is an integer of 8-20. The process can remarkably shorten the time required for the separation of oil from water after the polymerization, producing transparent, light-colored, petroleum resins with a low ash content.

Abstract: A polymerization process is provided for producing a butyl rubber with a bimodal molecular weight distribution which comprises introducing isobutylene, a conjugated diolefin monomer having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, from about 1.times.10.sup.-5 to about 1.times.10.sup.-3 moles of an initiator component per mole of isobutylene, said initiator component being selected from the group consisting of an initiator component having the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl and aralkyl groups and can be the same or different and i is a positive whole number from 2 to 6, and an initiator component having an adamantyl nucleus bearing from 2 to 4 hydroxyl groups an inert organic solvent and from about 1.times.10.sup.-4 to about 1.times.10.sup.-3 moles of water per liter of inert organic solvent into a suitable reaction vessel at a temperature of from about -120.degree. C. to about -50.degree. C., adding a solution of from about 5.times.10.sup.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyisobutene from isobutene and/or hydrocarbons containing isobutene in the presence of a complex of BF.sub.3 and an alcohol, wherein the free BF.sub.3 is substantially removed from the complex solution and/or from the reaction chamber.

Abstract: Ozone resistant vulcanizable copolymers of isoolefins with non-conjugated dienes of the general formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is ##STR2## and R.sub.2 is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms and vulcanizates thereof. The copolymers are prepared by polymerization in the presence of Lewis acids.

Abstract: A tackifier resin is prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture of 10-70% piperylene concentrate and 30-90% of a vinyl aromatic monomer in the presence of a boron trifluoride catalyst and an inert diluent. The resin is water white in color, has a Gardner number of less than one, a softening point of 60.degree. to 120.degree. C. and a polydispersity of 1 to 5. The tackifier is used in formulations based on EVA, block copolymers and polyolefins for hot melt and pressure sensitive adhesive applications.

Abstract: A method is described for removing catalyst residues comprising AlCl.sub.3 and/or its complexes from polymer products deriving from the (co)polymerization of olefinic cuts, the method comprising bringing the polymerized mass into contact with organometallic compounds, treating the resultant mixture with water or with aqueous acid or basic solutions, and separating the organic phase, which is substantially free of inorganic residues.

Abstract: A method for producing polymers with narrow molecular weight distribution which involves combining (1) an initiator component of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl groups, and can be the same or different, and X is an acetate, etherate, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen, and i is a positive whole number, (2) a Lewis acid of the formula MX.sub.n in which M is titanium, aluminum, boron, or tin, X is a halogen, and n is a positive whole number, (3) an electron donor component having an electron donor number of from at least about 25 to no more than about 50, (4) a solvent for the preceding and (5) a hydrocarbon monomer component.

Abstract: Polymers having terminal halogen atoms and consisting of cationically polymerizable, olefinically unsaturated monomers are obtainable by polymerization using an initiator system comprising a halogen-containing Lewis acid and a 3-membered to 8-membered cyclic ether.

Abstract: A copolymer of a C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 isoolefin and a para-alkylstyrene is provided as well as the corresponding halogenated, functionalized and grafted derivatives thereof. Processes for producing these copolymers are also provided.

Abstract: By dispersing and polymerizing at least one N-alkyl-or N-alkylene-substituted (meth)acrylamide or a mixture of at least one N-alkyl- or N-alkylene-substituted (meth)acrylamide and other copolymerizable monomer is an aqueous inorganic salt solution having inorganic particulates suspended, there is provided a preparation process of granular polymers containing no impurities such as polymer stabilizers, surface active agents, etc. The granular polymers are useful as concentrating agents, slow releasing base materials, etc.

Abstract: A method for producing a high softening point aliphatic petroleum resin, which comprises using as a feed oil a C5 fraction which is a mixture of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon components having boiling points within a range of from 20.degree.0 to 110.degree. C. formed by cracking or modification of naphtha or petroleum and conducting polymerization of the feed oil by means of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, wherein isoprene is added to the feed oil in an amount of from 1 to 20% by weight, and the polymerization is conducted by introducing the feed oil into the catalyst dissolved or suspended in an organic solvent, over a period of at least 1/2 of the polymerization time.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel catalyst composed of a complex of an organic acid or its ester and a Lewis acid, preferably boron trichloride that can add olefin monomers to increase the molecular weight of the complex from as low as 200 to in excess of a million, with the complex being active viz., living, until the complex dies, viz., is decomposed or destroyed so that polymers in the liquid or easily liquefiable range of 300 to about 10,000 can be made of those more difficult to be liquefied or unliquefiable, viz., those of over 10,000 up to 100,000 or in some cases 500,000 and then those in the range of the elastomers, or moldable or extrudable plastics range having very high molecular weights, generally in excess of 100,000 up to in excess of 500,000 and having useful end groups such as the halogens and specifically chloride, allyl, acryl or methacryl, acetate or formate to name some of the more useful ones.

Abstract: An petroleum resin of improved color and process for making the same are provided. The improvement in color is the result of a "dry" quench process, in which the polymerizate of an olefinic, diolefinic, aromatic or mixed hydrocarbon feedstock polymerized in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst is quenched by admixing the polyemrizate with a phosphite instead of the familiar water wash quenching procedure.

Abstract: A method of preparing styrene derivative polymers is provided. The process utilizes as a catalyst an iodine containing electrophile and a zeolite. The styrene derivatives cationically polymerize to polymers without the need for heavy metal initiators. The styrene derivatives may be copolymerized with vinyl ethers to form random or block copolymers. Preferred styrene derivatives include styrene and methoxystyrenes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the polymerization or copolymerization of a monomer or blend of monomers selected from the group consisting of C-10 terpenes, vinyl aromatics and C-5 dienes that comprises complexing a Lewis acid with an organic ketone to produce a catalyst complex. The monomer or blend of monomers is added to the catalyst complex producing the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is maintained at a temperature of between 10.degree. C. and 60.degree. C. and, when the reaction is complete, is quenched with water. The polymerized or copolymerized resin is then recovered.

Abstract: A method is provided for the direct synthesis of novel polymeric materials functionalized with desirable nitrogen-containing functional groups such as terminal azido, cyano, carbonylamino or thiocarbonylamino groups. Polymerization and functionalization occur in a substantially simultaneous manner. All necessary reactants for the functionalization are present when polymerization is initiated. The nitrogen-containing functional group is provided as a part of a molecule having a release moiety which is preferably resonance stabilized or a tertiary alkyl type and which acts to aid the nitrogen-containing species in functioning as a leaving group.

Abstract: Amphoteric polymers prepared by polymerization of (a) acrylic acid, (b) N,N-dimethyl- or N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate and, optionally, (c) esters of methacrylic or acrylic acid prepared by (i) emulsion polymerization of (b), (c) and the methyl ester of (a), followed by basic hydrolysis, or (ii) polymerization of (a), (b) and (c) in the presence of a strong acid, and photographic emulsions comprised of said polymers in which the molar ratio of (a) to (b) is at least 2 to 1 and a silver halide.

Abstract: A method for preparing a light-colored indene-coumarone resin is here disclosed which comprises the step of polymerizing an aromatic coal fraction raw material having a boiling point of 140.degree. to 240.degree. C. in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts type catalyst in a polymerization reactor in which the amount of oxygen is restricted to 15 ml or less with respect to 100 g of the aromatic coal fraction raw material oil at room temperature. As a raw material, a mixture is also used which is composed of the above-mentioned aromatic coal fraction and a phenol in an amount of 3 to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aromatic coal fraction.

Abstract: Isobutylene homopolymers and copolymers are prepared using a catalyst system comprising a haloadamantane component and a Lewis acid. Branched polymers are prepared using polyhaloadamantanes, the branches being attached to the adamantane at the former location of the halide. The preferred catalyst systems are diethylaluminum chloride and bromoadamantane as well as polybromo, or polychloroadamantanes.

Abstract: A light color optionally hydrogenated petroleum hydrocarbon resin including an aromatic hydrocarbon component useful for tackifying block copolymers is described which has a softening point of about 0.degree. C. to about 40.degree. C., a number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 350 to 600 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from 1:1 to about 2.0.

Abstract: Hydrocarbon conversion processes are disclosed using a catalyst prepared by a method comprising reacting an adsorbent containing surface hydroxyl groups with a Lewis acid in a halogenated organic solvent.

Abstract: A non-fouling economical liquid cooled cryogenic polymerization process is disclosed for essentially olefinic monomers. The heat of cooling and polymerization is removed by evaporation of the liquid nitrogen and the nitrogen vapors eliminate the need for moisture traps and drying agents to block the in flow of said moisture.

Abstract: A polymerization process is provided for producing a terminally functional polymer which comprises introducing a monomer charge, a Lewis acid and an organic peroxy compound into a suitable reaction vessel and polymerizing the monomer charge at a temperature of from about 0.degree. to about -80.degree. C. to form the terminally functional polymer, wherein the monomer charge comprises isobutylene and the organic peroxy compound is charge in an amount of from about 10.sup.-4 to about 10.sup.-1 moles per mole of the isobutylene. In a preferred embodiment, the monomer charge additionally comprises vinylidene aromatic or diolefin monomers. The invention also provides a novel catalyst system comprising an organic peroxy compound and a Lewis acid for the polymerization of isobutylene or monomer mixtures containing isobutylene.

Abstract: A method for preparing a resin having light color comprises the steps of: hydrogenating a compound represented by the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein l, m and n are integers of 0.ltoreq.l.ltoreq.3, 0.ltoreq.m.ltoreq.8 and l.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.3, respectively, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, with or without R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 forming a ring, in the presence of a Ziegler catalyst containing a transition metal compound of the groups IV to VI of the Periodic Table and an organometallic compound of the groups I to III of the Periodic Table in combination to obtain a norbornene compound represented by the formula (2) ##STR2## wherein l, m, n and R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are the same as above; and polymerizing the norbornene compound to give the resin having light color.

Abstract: A process for preparing carbon fibers of high strength which includes the steps of homopolymerizing acrylonitrile or copolymerizing acrylonitrile with other vinyl monomers in a concentrated zinc chloride aqeuous solution containing 0.01-5% by weight of hydrogen chloride to form a polymeric solution which is spinned to form precursor filaments which are carbonized to provide carbon fibers.

Abstract: A light color aliphatic hydrocarbon petroleum resin including a piperylene component and a chain transfer agent component useful as a tackifying agent, especially with copolymers. The resin of the invention has a softening point of about 0.degree.-40.degree. C., a number average molecular weight of from 100 to about 900, a low Gardner color of about 3 or less, and is formed by the aluminum chloride catalyzed polymerization of a feed stream essentially free of butadiene.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for terminating a polymerization reaction of reactive olefins and a Lewis acid catalyst wherein the reaction is killed almost instantaneously to prevent an explosion. The material added to terminate the reaction is non-toxic and is easily removable in further processing.

Abstract: A process for producing a light color high softening point hydrocarbon resin, which comprises polymerizing an oil fraction obtained by condensing a fractionated component withdrawn in a gas phase from a recovery section of a fractionating tower located below the feeding section and above the bottom of the tower during the fractional distillation in the tower of a feed oil fraction having a boiling point within a range of from 140.degree. to 280.degree. C. selected among cracked oil fractions obtained by thermal cracking of petroleum.

Abstract: Isobutylene polymers having functional terminal end groups are prepared by polymerizing a cationic polymerizable monomer containing isobutylene by using:(A) as an initiator and chain transfer agent, an organic compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## where X represents a halogen atom or RCOO-- group (in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group), R.sup.3 represents a (n+1)-valent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 represent respectively hydrogen atom or monovalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be identifical or different with each other, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not hydrogen atom in a case while R.sup.3 is an aliphatic hydrogen group, n is a positive integer;(B) as a catalyst, a Lewis acid; and(C) as a solvent, a hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon containing an organonitro compound.

Abstract: By a process for suspension polymerization, which comprises steps of:supplying a slurry comprising droplets of a monomer liquid having a substantially uniform size dispersed in an aqueous dispersion medium to a tower type reactor in which said medium forms a downflow, andsuspension polymerizing the monomer with avoiding merging or splitting of the droplets in a fluidized bed which is formed by the downflow of said medium and buoyancy of the monomer liquid droplets, whereinthe specific gravity of said medium is made larger than that of a polymer particle to be produced by the addition of a water soluble inorganic salt to said medium, anda polycarboxylic acid type anionic polymeric surfactant is used as a suspension stabilizer for the monomer liquid droplets,polymer particles having a substantially uniform size are produced with high polymerization conversion.

Abstract: A process for producing a high softening point hydrocarbon resin, which comprises polymerizing (a) an oil fraction having a boiling point within a range of from 140.degree. to 220.degree. C. selected among cracked oil fractions obtained by thermal cracking of petroleum and (b) a turpentine oil in the presence of a cationic polymerization catalyst, wherein the oil fraction (a) is adjusted to have a conjugated diolefin content of at most 1.5% by weight and a dicyclopentadiene (non-conjugated diolefin) content of from 7 to 17% by weight, the turpentine oil (b) is selected from the group consising of .alpha.-pinene, .beta.-pinene, dipentene and mixtures thereof and used in an amount of from 5 to 15% by weight, the cationic polymerization catalyst is at least one member selected from the group consisting of boron trifluoride, aluminum trichloride and complexes thereof, and the polymerization is conducted at a temperature of from 0.degree. to 70.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved method for making a thermoset polymer wherein a plurality of reactant streams, one of which contains the activator of a metathesis catalyst system combined with a moderator, and a second of which contains the catalyst of the metathesis catalyst system and at least one of which contains dicyclopentadiene are combined to form a reaction mixture, and the reaction mixture is then injected into a mold where polymerization occurs. The improvement comprises adding to the reaction mixture 1-25 mols of a cationic polymerization initiator per 1000 mols of dicyclopentadiene.

Abstract: Resins having an improved combination of softening point and tackifying properties together with good color and heat stability are obtained by Freidel-Crafts copolymerization of 4 to 80 wt. % of a C.sub.5 /C.sub.6 unsaturated feed; 5 to 55 wt. % of a terpene and 3 to 55 wt. % of an unsaturated aromatic compound.

Abstract: Processes for the preparation of low non-transannular, high softening point hydrocarbon resins from 1,5-cyclooctadiene are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, 1,5-cyclooctadiene is heated in the presence of an aluminum halide catalyst at temperatures at or above 80.degree. C. to give the desired resin. In another aspect of the invention, 1,5-cyclooctadiene is combined with a copolymerizable olefin in the presence of an aluminum halide catalyst at temperatures ranging from 30.degree. C. to 250.degree. C. The high softening point resins produced by these processes have levels of non-transannular impurities below 20% by weight, and these resins are particularly useful as wetting or bonding agents for coatings, adhesives, and other applications.

Abstract: Petroleum resins having a softening point from 10.degree. C. to 80.degree. C. obtained from C.sub.5 olefines and diolefines and one or more monovinyl aromatic compounds contain from 10 to 30 wt. % of the aromatic are useful as tackifiers in a combination with carboxylated styrene butadiene copolymer to produce aqueous based pressure sensitive adhesives.

Abstract: Amphoteric polymers prepared by polymerization of (a) acrylic acid, (b) N,N-dimethyl- orN,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate and, optionally, (c) esters of methacrylic or acrylic acid prepared by (i) emulsion polymerization of (b), (c) and the methyl ester of (a), followed by basic hydrolysis, or (ii) polymerization of (a), (b) and (c) in the presence of a strong acid, and photographic emulsions comprised of said polymers in which the molar ratio of (a) to (b) is at least 2 to 1 and a silver halide.

Abstract: The production of polymers containing terminal halogen groups from cationically polymerizable monomers using a metal halide boiling below 50.degree. C. at normal pressure as catalyst and an organic halide corresponding to the following general formula ##STR1## in which X is halogen,n is an integer of 1, 2, 3 or 4,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl or linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl andR.sub.3 represents C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl, linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 cycloalkylene, linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkylene or aryl, and the organic halide (inifer) contains from 5 to 50 carbon atoms and is present in concentrations of from 10.sup.-1 to 10.sup.-6 moles per mole monomer while the metal halide is added in a 1.1 to 100-fold molar excess, based on halogen atoms of the organic halide, at temperatures of from +10.degree. to -130.degree. C.

Abstract: Isobutylene homopolymers and copolymers are prepared using a catalyst system comprising a haloadamantane component and a Lewis acid. Branched polymers are prepared using polyhaloadamantanes, the branches being attached to the adamantane at the former location of the halide. The preferred catalyst systems are diethylaluminum chloride and bromoadamantane as well as polybromo, or polychloroadamantanes.

Abstract: Petroleum resins of lightened color while retaining satisfactory melting point and compatibility are provided by a process which comprises catalytically polymerizing an aromatic petroleum cracked or reformed fraction, e.g. an aromatic stream boiling between 80.degree. C. and 260.degree. C., sequentially treated with sulfuric Acid followed by distillation to provide an aromatic feedstock portion which is blended with an aliphatic petroleum cracking or reforming fraction feedstock portion containing cationically polymerizable hydrocarbons, less than 0.5 weight percent of cyclodienes and a pentadiene-1,3 to cyclodiene weight ratio of greater than 50, preferably at least 200 in the presence of a Friedel-Craft catalyst into a petroleum resin of lightened color and softening point in the range of 90.degree. C. to 115.degree. C.

Abstract: Isobutylene polymers are prepared by polymerizing the monomers at from 0.2 to 20 bar and from -130.degree. and +60.degree. C. in the presence of from 0.01 to 20 mmol of a boron halide catalyst system which contains as cocatalyst a carboxylic anhydride or carbonyl halide, preferably an aliphatic or aromatic, unsubstituted or halogen-substituted C.sub.4 -C.sub.18 -carboxylic anhydride of C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -carbonyl halide and where appropriate also a customary polymerization accelerant in customary amounts, in the presence or absence of an inert solvent with dissipation of the heat of reaction.

Abstract: N-substituted secondary monoallylamine salts can be easily polymerized in a polar solvent by using as catalyst a water-soluble radical initiator containing azo group in the molecule, and polymers with a high degree of polymerization can be obtained therefrom in a high yield.

Abstract: An improved process for the production of polymers having halogen end groups from cationically polymerizable monomers, the monomer being polymerized in an inert solvent at a temperature of from +10.degree. to -130.degree. C. using a catalyst system consisting of a metal halide and an organic halide, compounds corresponding to the following general formula being used as organic halides: ##STR1## wherein X represents a halogen atom;R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, represent C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl, or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 straight- or branched-chain alkyl or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent C.sub.5 -C.sub.10 -cycloalkyl or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 straight- or branched-chain alkyl;and the organic halide has at least 5 carbon atoms and at most 50 carbon atoms and is in a concentration of from 10.sup.-1 to 10.sup.-6 mols per mol of monomer, while BX.sub.3, SnX.sub.4, TiX.sub.4, SbX.sub.5 or FeX.sub.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrically conductive p-doped poly(.beta.-diketone) and a process for forming same utilizing WCl.sub.6 as the polymerization catalyst. Doping of the resulting polymer with iodine dopant in either solution or the vapor phase or with tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) or AsF.sub.5 results in a conductive polymer having good stability in air.

Abstract: Novel telechelic halogenated polymers of cationically polymerized olefin monomers are formed carrying from 2 to about 6 terminal halogens by a continuous polymerization method. The continuous polymerization method being achieved by feeding to a stirred reactor a first stream composed of a solvent solution of at least one monomer and an inifer and another stream composed of a solvent solution of boron chloride to effect the polymerization of said monomer to a telechelic halogenated polymer product and withdrawing the reaction product from said reactor essentially in amounts equal to that of the sum of the two streams with the feeds to said reactor being simultaneously and continuously fed thereto while maintaining the temperature in the range of minus 10.degree. to minus 80.degree. C.

Abstract: Petroleum resins of lightened color while retaining satisfactory melting point and compatiblity are provided by a process which comprises heat soaking a petroleum cracking or reforming fraction containing cationically polymerizable hydrocarbons and from 2 to more than 0.5 weight percent of cyclodienes until the cyclodiene content is no more than 0.5 weight percent distilling said heat soaked petroleum fraction and polymerizing said distilled petroleum fraction in the presence of a polymerization catalyst.