Kinetics of furfuryl alcohol polymerisation by iodine in methylene dichloride

The kinetic studies of furfuryl alcohol polymerisation by iodine in methylene dichloride showed a pseudo-first-order behaviour in monomer. The pseudo-first-order constant obtained varies linearly with the concentration of iodine. Our previous work on the system concluded for a pseudo-cationic polymerisation mechanism based on the admission of non-ionic propagating species. The good fitting among the experimental monomer concentration data and the one obtained from computer simulation justifies the mechanism proposed for the system. The set of estimated values of the rate parameters is also reported.