Abstract 1. A POLYMERIZATION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER COMPRISING A POLYMERIZABLE CONJUGATED DIENE, POLYMERIZABLE MONOVINYL-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC COMPOUND, OR BOTH, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MULTILITHIUM POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR PREPARED BY THE PROCESS COMPRISING ADMIXING IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROCARBON DILUENT (I) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOMONOLITHIUM COMPOUND WHICH IS SEC-ALKYLLITHIUM, TERT-ALKYLLITHIUM, OR CYCLOALKYLLITHIUM COMPOUND WITH (II) MULTIMETHYL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND CONTAINING UP TO 5 CARBOCYCLIC RINGS AND ONLY AROMATIC RINGS PER MOLECULE WHEREIN SAID MULTIMETHYL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND CONTAINS 2 TO 10 METHYL GROUPS AND A TOTAL OF 8 TO 30 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE AND IN ADDITION THERETO CAN CONTAIN HYDROCARBYL SUBSTITUENTS IN ADDITION TO SAID METHYL GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, CYCLOALKYL, AND ARALKYL, CONTAINING 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS PER GROUP.
A POLYMERIZATION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER COMPRISING A POLYMERIZABLE CONJUGATED DIENE, POLYMERIZABLE MONOVINYL-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC COMPOUND, OR BOTH, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MULTILITHIUM POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR PREPARED BY THE PROCESS COMPRISING ADMIXING IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROCARBON DILUENT (I) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOMONOLITHIUM COMPOUND WHICH IS SEC-ALKYLLITHIUM, TERT-ALKYLLITHIUM, OR CYCLOALKYLLITHIUM COMPOUND WITH (II) MULTIMETHYL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND CONTAINING UP TO 5 CARBOCYCLIC RINGS AND ONLY AROMATIC RINGS PER MOLECULE WHEREIN SAID MULTIMETHYL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND CONTAINS 2 TO 10 METHYL GROUPS AND A TOTAL OF 8 TO 30 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE AND IN ADDITION THERETO CAN CONTAIN HYDROCARBYL SUBSTITUENTS IN ADDITION TO SAID METHYL GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, CYCLOALKYL, AND ARALKYL, CONTAINING 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS PER GROUP.
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A POLYMERIZATION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER COMPRISING A POLYMERIZABLE CONJUGATED DIENE, POLYMERIZABLE MONOVINYL-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC COMPOUND, OR BOTH, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MULTILITHIUM POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR PREPARED BY THE PROCESS COMPRISING ADMIXING IN THE PRESENCE OF A HYDROCARBON DILUENT (I) AT LEAST ONE ORGANOMONOLITHIUM COMPOUND WHICH IS SEC-ALKYLLITHIUM, TERT-ALKYLLITHIUM, OR CYCLOALKYLLITHIUM COMPOUND WITH (II) MULTIMETHYL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND CONTAINING UP TO 5 CARBOCYCLIC RINGS AND ONLY AROMATIC RINGS PER MOLECULE WHEREIN SAID MULTIMETHYL AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND CONTAINS 2 TO 10 METHYL GROUPS AND A TOTAL OF 8 TO 30 CARBON ATOMS PER MOLECULE AND IN ADDITION THERETO CAN CONTAIN HYDROCARBYL SUBSTITUENTS IN ADDITION TO SAID METHYL GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, CYCLOALKYL, AND ARALKYL, CONTAINING 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS PER GROUP.