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Polyisoprenes having a high content of 1,2- and 3,4-structural units, a process for their preparation, and their use. The previous processes for the preparation of polyisoprene having a high content of 1,2- and 3,4-structural units were still unsatisfactory in terms of the cocatalyst employed. The use of ethylene glycol dialkyl ethers of the formula R1-O-CH2-CH2-O-R2 in which R1 and R2 are alkyl groups having different numbers of C atoms, from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n- and isopropyl and n-, iso-, sec.- and tert.-butyl, has, in particular, the advantage that the "living polymers" formed during the anionic polymerization are not damaged. The production of tires and damping elements using these polyisoprenes. |