A syndiotactic styrenic polymer having a narrow molecular weight distribution
which
is a (co)polymer comprising at least one structural unit represented by the following
Formula (1):
##STR1##
wherein C1 of a phenyl group thereof has a tacticity of 30% or
more in terms of a racemic pentad determined by 13C-NMR, and Ra
and m are as defined in the specification. The disclosure is also directed
to a block copolymer comprising the above polymer as one segment, to a block graft
polymer prepared by modifying one block of the above polymer with a nitrogen-containing
aromatic polymer, and to a process for preparing a syndiotactic styrenic polymer
in which a styrenic monomer is polymerized in the presence of a catalyst comprising
a reaction product of a transition metal compound and at least one co-catalyst
selected from organic aluminunoxy compounds.