| abstract |
An unsaturated copolymer of propylene and the branched diene which is 6-methyl-1,6-octadiene and/or 7-methyl-1,6-octadiene, and optionally, ethylene is produced by a two-step process wherein in a first polymerization step homopolymerization of propylene is conducted until the propylene polymer amounts to 0.01 to 10% by weight of the total and final copolymer, and in a second polymerization step the random copolymerization of propylene, 6-methyl-1,6-octadiene and/or 7-methyl-1,6-octadiene, and optionally, ethylene is then conducted as a continuation of the first step polymerization, whereby a copolymer of a specified characteristics is produced. |