Patent ID: 6838539
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: C08F,C09K

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a polymer comprising initiating a polymerization of tertiary alkene monomers and vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomers, said vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomers having substituents of the formula R 1 SiR 2 R 3 R 4 , wherein R 1 links the silicon and said vinyl aromatic and is selected from methylene group, divalent hydrocarbon group having more than 6 carbon atoms, or divalent hydrocarbon group comprising one or more ether functional groups provided that any ether oxygen and the silicon are connected via at least one carbon atom, and R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are one or more of hydrogen, alkyl, and alkoxy, with the proviso that no more than two may be hydrogen or alkyl.