Ring-Opening Polymerization

Takeo Saegusa, EDITOR

Kyoto University

Eric Goethals, EDITOR

University of Ghent

An international symposium

sponsored by the Division

of Polymer Chemistry, Inc.

at the 173rd Meeting of the

American Chemical Society,

New Orleans, La.,

March 21-23, 1977

A C S SYMPOSIUM SERIES 59 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY WASHINGTON D. C. 1977

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In Ring-Opening Polymerization; Saegusa, T., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1977.

Library of Congress Data Ring-opening polymerization.

(ACS symposia series; 59 ISSN 0097-6156) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Polymers and polymerization—Congresses. 2. Cyclic

compounds—Congresses. I. Saegusa, Takeo, 1927- . II. Gœthals, Bric. III.

American Chemical Society. Division of Polymer Chem­istry. IV. Series: American Chemical Society. ACS sym­posium series; 59. QD281.P6R56 547'.28 77-13631 ISBN 0-8412-0392-X ACSMC8 59 1-352 1977

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FOREWORD The A C S SYMPOSIUM SERIES was founded in 1974 to provide a medium for publishing symposia quickly in book form. The format of the SERIES parallels that of its predecessor, ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY SERIES, except that in order to save time the papers are not typeset but are reproduced as they are sub­mitted by the authors in camera-ready form. As a further means of saving time, the papers are not edited or reviewed except by the symposium chairman, who becomes editor of the book. Papers published in the A C S SYMPOSIUM SERIES are original contributions not published elsewhere in whole or major part and include reports of research as well as reviews since symposia may embrace both types of presentation.

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