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• Part 1 Structure and bonding in carbanionic compounds: structure of carbanions and organometallic compounds; stabilities of carbanionic species; ion pairs, free ions and stereochemistry in carbanionic chemistry. Part 2 Introduction to anionic and living polymerization: living polymerization - definitions, consequences and criteria; general aspects of anionic polymerization. Part 3 Kinetics and mechanism in anionic polymerization: initiation reactions in anionic polymerization - kinetics of addition of organolithium compounds to vinyl monomer; propagation reactions - kinetics and mechanism for styrenes and dienes in hydrocarbon solvents with lithium as counterion; termination and chain transfer reactions; stereochemistry of polymerization; copolymerization. Part 4 Anionic synthesis of polymers with well-defined structures: functionalized polymers and macromonomers; block copolymers; star polymers; graft copolymers. Part 5 Commercial applications of anionically prepared polymers: commercial applications of anionically polymerized products - an overview; polydiene rubbers; styrene-diene rubbers; styrenic thermoplastic elastomers; applications of styrenic thermoplastic rubbers in plastics modifications, adhesives and footwear; clear impact-resistant polystyrene; nonfunctional telechelic prepolymers. Part 6 Polar monomers: anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate and related polar monomers; block polymers prepared via anionic ring-opening polymerization.