These results indicated that a suitable substituent at the 2-position of pyridine ring and a well-fit group at the 3-position of acrylate were both essential for hi.

The quantitative relationships between the catalytic ability of Rh-complex of 2-vinyl pyridine-methyl methacrylate copolymer and the sequence structures of the copolymer ligands have been determined.

NaBH4 in hexane or toluene would not initiate the polymerization unless pyridine or THF was used as solvent, but an amorphous polymer was the product.