Vinyl organometallic monomers polymerization reactivity

The polymerization of A -vinyl carbazole may be initiated by free radicals, by cations, by organometallic catalysts, by charge-transfer processes, or by electrochemical methods. Since the monomer is a solid at room temperature (m.p. 64-66°C, b.p. 154-155°C/3 mm), solid state polymerizations have been carried out both on powdered monomer and on the surfaces of larger crystals. In this process, the reactive species propagates into the interior of the solid. 

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