Resinous copolymers of nuclearly polysubstituted isopropenyl benzenes

Claim 1

A RESINOUS INTERPOLYMERIZATION PRODUCT COMPRISING IN COPOLYMERIZED FROM (1) AT LEAST ONE ISOPROPENYL BENZENE OF NOT IN EXCESS OF TEN CARBON ATOMS AND CONSISTING OF CARBON, HYDROGEN AND CHLORINE, ALL OF SAID CHLORINE BEING ATTACHED TO A NUCLEAR CARBON ATOM, SAID ISOPROPENYL BENZENE HAVING ONLY TWO SUBSTITUENTS BOTH OF WHICH ARE ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO NUCLEAR CARBONS SAID ISOPROPENYL BENZENE BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING BOTH OF THE NUCLEAR CARBONN ATOMS NEXT ADJACENT THAT DIRECTLY CARRYING THE ISOPROPENYL GROUP CONNECTED TO HYDROGEN AND (2) AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIZABLE MONO-OLEFINIC COMPOUND HAVING NO ATOMS OTHER THAN C, H, N, CL, BR AND O IN THE MOLECULE IN WHICH THE OLEFINIC GROUP IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO A RADICAL MORE ELECTRONEGATIVE THAN ALKYL, SAID RADICAL BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF-CN, ACID ANHYDRIDE, ARYL, AMIDE PYRIDYL, AND -COOR GROUPS WHERE "R" IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, ALKYL, AND SUBSTITUTED ALKYL, SAID INTERPOLYMERIZATION PRODUCT COMPRISING NOT IN EXCESS OF 25 PER CENT BY WEIGHT THEREOF OF A CONJUGATED DI-OLEFINIC COMPOUND.