ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION There has been growing interest and research on new synthetic methods for the preparation of well-defined polymers with in-chain and chain-end functional groups [1-14]. These functional groups in polymers can participate in reversible ionic association; chain extension, branching, or crosslinking reactions with polyfunctional reagents; coupling and linking with reactive groups on other oligomer or polymer chains; and initiation of polymerization of other monomers. In order to exploit this unique potential of functionalized polymers, it is important to consider the scope and limitations of current functionalization methodology using anionic polymerization.
