Patent ID: 8497334

Claim:
A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer comprising the step of polymerizing a monomer component containing a conjugated diene and a compound represented by Formula (1) below by an alkali metal catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent, R 1 Si(OR 2 ) m R 3 n R 4 (3-m-n) (1) wherein m represents 1 or 2; n represents 1 or 2; m+n=2 or 3; R 1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond; R 2 represents a hydrocarbyl group, and, when there are plural R 2 s, R 2 s each may be the same or different; R 3 represents an aryl group that may have an oxygen-containing substituent, and, when there are plural R 3 s, R 3 s each may be the same or different; and R 4 represents an alkyl group or a substituted amino group.