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Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Uzbek S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute specializes in the chemistry of cellulose and 
alkaloids. The Candidate's Degree is granted. 
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Name: Institute of Chemistry of Polymers and Monomers 
(Institut khimii polimerov i monomerov) 
Address: Kiyev, ulitsa Repina, 2 
Director: K. A. Kornev, Corresponding Academician (Ukrainian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: V. S. Gutyrya, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: R. R. Voytskhovskiy, Candidate, Director of 
Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of Polymers 
Description: 
This institute was organized in 1958 or 1959 primarily for in- 
vestigations of monomers, polymers, and their possible industrial exploita- 
tion. In collaboration with the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., the State 
Committee of the Council of Ministers for Chemistry of the U.S.S.R., and 
the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences, a process for rapid synthesis of 
nylon from caprolactam was developed. Clays, kaolin, and bentonite have 
been investigated as nylon filler materials in the Institute's Laboratory 
for the Physics and Chemistry of Polymers. Polymeric compounds, e€.g., @ 
new polyurethane, capable of withstanding elevated temperatures in a range 
of 300 C and new tricarbon acids and their cyanuric acid-base esters and 
nitrites have been synthesized. A new class of organic compounds, derived 
from aminosulfoacids, has been synthesized and studied. 
Graduate study is offered in high-molecular chemistry, petroleum 
chemistry, physical chemistry, and radiation chemistry. 
