Optically active terpolymer : Synthesis and characterization

Department of Chemistry, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur-208 002, India

Manuscript received 24 June 1998, revised 6 July 1999, accepted 30 July 1999

Limonene, an optically active terpene, has been polymerized with methyl acrylate and acrylonitrile by pyridiniumdicyanomethylide (PDMY) in dimethyiformamide as radical initiator at 90^° to yield optically active terpolymer. The kinetic parameters have been evaluated.