Titanous ion as a reductant in emulsion

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SYNTHETIC RUBBER, WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING A MONOMERIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A MAJOR AMOUNT OF A CONJUGATED DIENE HAVING NOT MORE THAN EIGHT CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATLYST COMPOSITON CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ORGANIC HYDROPEROXIDE HAVING FROM SIX TO THIRTY, INCLUSIVE, CARBON STOMS PER MOLELCULE AND AN ACTIVATOR CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN INORGANIC TRIVALENT SALT OF TITANIUM, SAID SALT BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY WATER SOLUBLE, AND A COMPLEXING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID, AND ALKALI METAL AND AMMONIA SALTS THEREOF, N-HYDROXYETHYLETHYLENEDIAMINE TRIACETIC ACID, TARTARIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM FLUORIDE, POTASSIUM OXALATE, AND POLYOXYETHYLENE SORBITAN MONOOLEATE.