Polymers of acetylenic hydrocarbons and methods for producing the same

Claim 2

UNSATURATED LINEAR HOMOPOLYMERS OF ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBONS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA CH=CR, WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON RADICALS CONTAINING 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, AND THE PHENYL RADICAL, SAID HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT ABOVE 1000 AND CONSISTING OF -CH= GROUPS ALTERNATING WICH -CR= GROUPS, WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP RECITED ABOVE.

Claim 3

A PROCESS FOR POLYMERIZING ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBONS OF THE FORMULA CH=CR, WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, SATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON RADICALS CONTAINING 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS AND THE PHENYL RADICAL, TO HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT, SOLID UNSATURATED, LINEAR HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT ABOVE 1000, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES POLYMERIZING THE MONOMERIC ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBON BY BRINGING IT INTO INTIMATE CONTACT, AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 100*C. AND IN AN INERT HYDROCARBON SOLVENT, WITH A CATALYST PREPARED BY MIXING A COMPOUND OF A TRANSITION METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE HALIDES AND ALCOHOLATES OF THE TRANSITION METALS OF GROUPS IV, V, VI AND VIII, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PERIODIC TABLE, WITH AN ALKYL COMPOUND OF A METAL BELONGING TO GROUPS I TO III, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PERIODIC TABLE, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE METAL ALKYLS AND ALKYL METAL CHLORIDES, AND RECOVERING THE POLYMERS THUS PRODUCED.

Claim 4

A PROCESS FOR POLYMERIZING ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBONS OF THE FORMULA CH=CR, WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, SATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON RADICALS CONTAINING 1 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS AND THE PHENYL RADICAL, TO HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT, SOLID UNSATURATED, LINEAR HOMOPOLYMERS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT ABOVE 1000, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES POLYMERIZING THE MONOMERIC ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBON BY BRINGING IT INTO INTIMATE CONTACT, AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 100*C. AND IN AN INERT HYDROCARBON SOLVENT, WITH A CATALYST PREPARED BY MIXING A COMPOUND OF A TRANSITION METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE HALIDES AND ALCOHOLATES OF THE TRANSITION METALS OF GROUPS IV, V, VI AND VIII, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PERIODIC TABLE, WITH AN ALKYL COMPOUND OF A METAL BELONGING TO GROUPS I TO III, INCLUSIVE, OF THE PERIODIC TABLE, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE METAL ALKYLS AND ALKYL METAL CHLORIDES, AND RECOVERING THE POLYMERS THUS PRODUCED.