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Isobutene with some added isoprene can be co-polymerised to butyl rubber.

The reaction is one of the few cationic addition reactions used in the polymer industry.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

1000
  +  
1000
  +  
AlCl3
  +  
CH3Cl
         
Butyl
Rubber
Reactant Page Go To Go To
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Chloromethane Solvent    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Butyl rubber     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Electrophilic
Industrial Process: Organic
Polymerisation

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