CPC C07F 7/10 (2013.01) [B60C 1/0016 (2013.01); B60C 11/0008 (2013.01); C08F 236/10 (2013.01); C08L 9/06 (2013.01); B60C 1/00 (2013.01); B60C 2011/0025 (2013.01); C08F 212/14 (2013.01); C08F 212/26 (2020.02); C08F 212/28 (2020.02); C08F 236/06 (2013.01)] | 34 Claims |
1. An initiator component comprising an alkali metal salt derivative of a mixture of two or more styrene derivatives of Formula (I),
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n is 0 or 1;
R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent an alkyl group containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl or aralkyl group containing from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and
i) R3 and R4 are the same or different and each R3 and R4 independently represents i) a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbyl group optionally being interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from a silicon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; or ii) an aryl or aralkyl group containing from 6 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from a silicon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom; or
ii) R3 and R4 are bonded to each other to form a heterocyclic ring containing the nitrogen atom and at least one carbon atom and, optionally, at least one heteroatom selected from a silicon atom, an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom; and
the mixture of the two or more styrene derivatives of Formula (I) comprises (1) para isomer, and (2) meta or ortho isomer of one type of the styrene derivative of Formula (I), wherein in the mixture of the two or more styrene derivatives of Formula (I), the weight ratio of the para isomer to the meta or ortho isomer ranges from 1:9 to 9:1.
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