Benzene → Cyclododecene, (E)-

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Using the mode of operation set forth in Example 1--except for Experiment 31, wherein 15 ml. of monomer was employed--30 ml. (158 mmol.) of cyclododecene (mixture of isomers with 70.3% trans- and 29.7% cis-cyclododecene) was polymerized with a catalyst of varying amounts of cis,trans-1,5-cyclodecadiene and 1.5 ml. of a 0.1-molar solution of tungsten hexachloride in benzene. The results of Comparative Experiment B, as well as Experiments 31-38, are indicated in Table V.

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