1, 6-Anhydro-3, 4-di-O-benzyl-2-deoxy-β-d-glucose was polymerized using 1-chloroethyl isobutyl ether or cumyl chloride as initiator and ZnI2 as activator. The resulting polymer contained predominantly α-(1, 6) linkages, and the molecular weight distributions were narrow (≤ 1.25). The kinetics of polymerization was first-order with respect to monomer concentration. There was evidence of slow chain transfer at these polymerization ...