Kinetics theory of anionic copolymerization with constant monomer ratio, 1. Sequence distribution

Abstract

The chain microstructure of copolymers generated via anionic copolymerization with constant monomer ratio is studied theoretically by using the linear operator technique to solve the kinetic differential equations. The microstructural parameters for copolymers, such as the functions of sequence distributions, average length of the sequence and fractions of dyads and triads, are derived and further connected with initial conditions and reaction time so that one can predict the chain microstructure for copolymers from the polymerization conditions.