Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the synthesis of polymers from vinyl chloroformate. The reaction is preferably carried out at between 15.degree. and 40.degree. C., in the presence of 0.01 to 2 mol % of a cycloaliphatic percarbonate, relative to the vinyl chloroformate. The resulting homopolymers and copolymers are useful, in particular, as transparent materials and reactive support polymers which can be used in the pharmaceutical, photographic or foodstuffs industry and also in the manufacture of dyestuffs.

Abstract: The invention relates to the synthesis of tertiary phosphine oxides and also to certain tertiary phosphine oxides.According to the invention, an organic phase containing a halogenomethyl derivative, a secondary phosphine oxide and a phase transfer catalyst in an organic medium is reacted with an aqueous phase containing an inorganic base. The halogenomethyl derivative can be a micromolecule or a macromolecule.The tertiary phosphine oxides are substances which are useful, in particular, in fireproofing, in hydrometallurgy and in the field of plant health.

Abstract: An initiator for the anionic polymerization of heterocyclic monomers comprises the product from the association of an alkali metal amide and the salt from at least one hydroxylated compound with the same alkali metal in an aprotic solvent. The hydroxylated compound is a primary alcohol, a secondary or tertiary alcohol, an ether alcohol, an amino alcohol, a polyether alcohol, a polyamino alcohol, a polyaminoetheralcohol, or an enol from a ketone.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anionic polymerization process using an initiator based on an alkali metal amide in combination with an alkali metal salt, as well as to the polymers obtained by this process.The polymerization process according to the invention is characterized in that an initiator is used which results from the combination of an alkali metal amide selected from the group comprising sodium amide, potassium amide or lithium amide and an alkali metal salt of which the cation is selected from the group comprising potassium, lithium or sodium, the anion being selected from the group comprising the thiocyanate, nitrite, cyanide and cyanate anions.These initiators make it possible to carry out the anionic polymerization or vinyl, heterocyclic and diene monomers in order to obtain special polymers or widely used polymers, with great adaptability and under advantageous economic conditions.

Abstract: An initiator for the anionic polymerization of vinyl monomers and dienic monomers comprises the product from the association of an alkali metal amide and the salt from at least one hydroxylated compound with the same alkali metal in an aprotic solvent. The hydroxylated compound is a primary, secondary, or tertiary alcohol. The hydroxylated compound may be a member selected from the group consisting of an alcohol substituted by an heterocyclic group, alcohols containing ethylenic unsaturation, alcohols substituted by an aromatic group, alicyclic alcohols, aromatic alcohols, polyhydroxy compounds, ether-alcohols, polyether-alcohols, and enols from ketones and amino acids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the anionic polymerization and copolymerization of vinyl, dienic and heterocyclic monomers.According to the invention, the process consists in carrying out the reaction in the presence of an initiator consisting of a molecular combination of an alkali metal amide and the salt of the same alkali metal with at least one hydroxylic compound and in the absence of solvent. The initiator can be prepared by intimately mixing its constituents or in the presence of a solvent of low polarity which is subsequently evaporated off, or in situ in the monomer.Application to the synthesis of special or widely used polymers and copolymers.