The polymers were synthesized using radical telomerization with varying BMA content.
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When an oligomer forms as a result of chain transfer the oligomer is called a " telomer " and the process telomerization.
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If the rate of termination is much larger than the rate of propagation, then very small polymers are formed with chain lengths of 2-5 repeating units ( telomerization ).
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The telomerization of butadiene with methanol in the presence of a palladium catalyst yields 1-methoxy-2, 7-octadiene, which is fully hydrogenated to 1-methoxyoctane in the next step.