Patent ID: 6365694
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: C08F

Abstract:
An amorphous polymer comprising:(a) at least one residue of a monomer selected from at least one of vinyl cyclohexane and substituted vinyl cyclohexane; and (b) optionally at least one residue of a monomer selected from at least one of olefins, alkyl esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, cyclopentadiene, cyclohexene, cyclohexadiene, optionally substituted norbornene, dicyclo-pentadiene, dihydrocyclopentadiene, optionally substituted tetracyclododec-enes, nucleus-alkylated styrenes, &agr;-methylstyrene, divinyl benzene, vinyl esters, vinyl acids, vinyl ethers, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, methacrylo-nitrile and maleic anhydride, wherein said polymer is amorphous and has a syndiotactic configuration, characterized in that the quantity of diads is greater than 50.1% and less than 74%.