This review presents the development of highly reactive polyisobutylene (HRPIB), a major
commercial intermediate toward fuel and lubricant additives. Recent years have witnessed …

Polyisobutylenes (PIB) constitute a versatile family of polymer materials that have been used
mainly as fuel and lubricant additives. Particularly, the current commercial demand for highly …

In this article, the current state and future perspectives in the application of complexes of
Lewis acids with ethers in the synthesis of highly reactive polyisobutylene (HR PIB) were …

The effect of different initiators (tert-butyl chloride (t-BuCl) and 2-chloro-2-phenylpropane
(CumCl) on the cationic polymerization of isobutylene co-initiated by acidic chloroferrate …

The polymerization of isobutylene allows us to obtain a wide spectrum of polyisobutylenes
(PIBs) which differ in their molecular weight characteristics and the chemical structure of …

The cationic polymerization of isobutylene (IB) was systematically studied in a 1-butyl-3-
methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([Bmim][PF6]) ionic liquid at− 10° C. Different …

A statistical modeling procedure is established for carbocation polymerization with the
characteristics of living with chain transfer. A single state model is suggested for cases of …

The cationic polymerization of C 4 mixed feed and isobutylene co-initiated by AlCl 3× O i Pt
2, i BuAlCl 2× n O i Pr 2, and [emim] Cl-FeCl 3× n O i Pr 2 ([emim] Cl: 1-ethyl-3 …

Comb dispersants suitable for stabilization of carbonaceous deposits found in automotive
lubricating oils were derived from the copolymerization of vinyl‐ether terminated …

Alkoxy aluminum chlorides are efficient catalysts for the preparation of well-defined exo-
olefin terminated PIBs of low (Mn∼ 1000 g mol− 1) to medium (Mn up to 50 000 g mol− 1) …