Polymerizable, optically active polymer and process for preparing polymerizable polymer

Claim 1

A process for producing a polymerizable, optically active polymer, which comprises: polymerizing at least one anionically polymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of optically active monomers capable of forming an optically active polymer having asymmetric carbon atoms, and monomers capable of being polymerized to form a polymer having molecular asymmetry effective to make said polymer optically active, in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator obtained from an amine containing one or more primary amino groups or two or more secondary amino groups, to obtain a polymer having a terminal amino group and then reacting said terminal amino group with a reactive vinyl compound to provide a vinyl group at the terminal of the molecule of said polymerizable, optically active polymer, wherein said initiator is an optically active initiator prepared by combining an alkali metal amide, an alkaline earth metal amide or an aluminum amide with an asymmetric ligand compound selected from the group consisting of (-)-sparteine, (+)-sparteine, (-)-6-ethylsparteine, (+)-6-benzylsparteine, (-)-dihydrosparteine, ##STR13## wherein R 1 and R 4 are --O--R 7 , --S--R 7 , ##STR14## R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 each are alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; X is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or halogen; and n is a number of from 1 to 4.