Dithiocarbamic esters

A polymer which contains end groups of the formula (VI)

• and end groups of the formula (VIa)
• R— (VIa),
• R is a halogen-substituted alkenyl radical,
• and where
• Z is either a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic radical which contains at least one nitrogen atom and which has linkage at one nitrogen atom to the —CS2—R group of formula (I) and which, in the parent form in which there is a hydrogen atom bonded to the nitrogen atom which has linkage to the —CS2R group of formula (I), has a pKa value in the range from 12 to 20,
• or where
• Z is a radical of the formula (II),
• where
• A and B have been selected independently of one another from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted acyl, substituted or unsubstituted aroyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylsulphonyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylsulphinyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylphosphonyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylsulphinyl and substituted or unsubstituted arylphosphonyl, and where the pKa value of the protonated form of formula (III)
• is in the range from 12 to 20.