New Monomers and Polymers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Polyimidines — A New Class of Polymers

   • Richard W. Thomas, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi, Patrick E. Cassidy

   Pages 1-28

3. Synthesis and Properties of Acetylene Terminated Aryl-Ether Oligomers

   • B. A. Reinhardt, G. A. Loughran, F. E. Arnold, E. J. Soloski

   Pages 29-40

4. Phenylated Aromatic Heterocyclic Polyphenylenes Containing Pendant Diphenylether and Diphenylsulfide Groups

   • B. A. Reinhardt, T. T. Tsai, F. E. Arnold

   Pages 41-53

5. Substituted Polyamides as Precursors for Alkyl and Alkenyl Polybenzoxazoles

   • Lon J. Mathias, Sharf U. Ahmed, Peter D. Livant

   Pages 55-65

6. The Synthesis of Aromatic Polyformals

   • F. J. Williams, A. S. Hay, H. M. Relles, J. C. Carnahan, G. R. Loucks, B. M. Boulette et al.

   Pages 67-101

7. New Polymers Prepared from N-Cyanourea Compounds

   • Shiow C. Lin

   Pages 103-112

8. Poly (N-Acyl Ethyleneimines) with Polarizable Aromatic Side Chain Substituents and Their Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Electronic Properties

   • M. H. Litt, J. Rodriguez, H. Nava, J. Kim, T. McClelland, W. Gordon et al.

   Pages 113-131

9. Aqueous Solution Synthesis of Platinum II Polyureas, Polythioureas and Polyamides

   • Charles E. Carraher Jr., Tushar A. Manek, David J. Giron, Mary L. Trombley, Kathy M. Casberg, William J. Scott

   Pages 133-148

10. Synthesis of Dichloropalladium II Polyamines

    • Charles E. Carraher Jr., Andrew L. Gasper, Mary L. Trombley, Fred L. DeRoos, David J. Giron, George G. Hess et al.

    Pages 149-162

11. Star and Comb Shape Poly (Oxyethylene-g-Ethyleneimines)

    • Samuel J. Huang, Peter T. Trzasko

    Pages 163-172

12. Poly [Azoalkylene-N, N’-Dioxides], 2. α-4-Nitroisopropylidenebicyclohexyl-ω-Nitropoly [Azo-1, 4-Cyclohexyleneisopropylidene-1, 4-Cyclohexylene-N, N’-Dioxide] and α-4-Nitrobicyclohexyl-ω-Nitropoly [Azo-4, 4’-Bicyclohexylene-N, N’-Dioxide]

    • D. K. Dandge, L. G. Donaruma

    Pages 173-183

13. Macromolecular Dyes — Synthetic Strategies

    • Smarajit Mitra

    Pages 185-200

14. Quaternization of Condensation Polymers

    • William H. Daly, Shih-Jen Wu

    Pages 201-222

15. Para-Methylstyrene: A New Commercial Monomer for the Styrenics Industry

    • Warren W. Kaeding, George C. Barile

    Pages 223-241

16. New Vinyl Organometallic Monomers: Synthesis and Polymerization Behavior

    • Marvin D. Rausch, David W. Macomber, Francis G. Fang, Charles U. Pittman Jr., T. V. Jayaraman, Ralph D. Priester Jr.

    Pages 243-267

17. Synthesis of Organometallic Polymers for Inertial Fusion Applications

    • John E. Sheats, Fred Hessel, Louis Tsarouhas, Kenneth G. Podejko, Thomas Porter, L. R. Kool et al.

    Pages 269-284

18. Synthesis and NMR Characterization of Copolymers of α-Fluorostyrene with Methyl Acrylate

    • Ramendra N. Majumdar, H. James Harwood

    Pages 285-309

19. Quinodimethane Polymers

    • J. E. Mulvaney

    Pages 311-327

20. Alkyllithium-Initiated Polymerization of Myrcene New Block Copolymers of Styrene and Myrcene

    • Roderic P. Quirk, Tzu-Li Huang

    Pages 329-355

Interest in preparing new polymers peaked about 1966. Since that time, industrial and government support for the synthesis and study of new polymers has steadily declined. Gone are the good days when government funds supported a great push to attain ulti­ mate thermal stability for organic polymeric materials. Gone are the good days when many chemical companies, encouraged by the obvious potential for rewards, had great interest and provided support for preparing new polymers. We now often hear managers say "we have enough polymers" or "all we need to do is find additional and better ways to use existing polymers. " The latter often in­ cludes the statement, "we can get the new materials that are wanted from polymer alloys or blends. " Interest in preparing new monomers has also waned, even though it is well recognized that monomers with special functionality are greatly needed to fine-tune existing polymers for specific tasks. Shrinkage of interest in new monomer and polymer research has not come about solely as a result of the obvious maturity of the polymers industry. Since uses for polymers continue to grow and there is still room for good concepts to study, lack of market growth and fields of study have probably not significantly contribu­ ted to that shrinkage.

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• Ashland Chemical Company, Columbus, USA

  Bill M. Culbertson

• Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA

  Charles U. Pittman

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