A product of a process for preparing a hydroxyl-terminated liquid polymer having an aliphatic polymeric backbone, said process comprising photo polymerizing
- (1) at least one vinylidene monomer having at least one terminal CH.sub.2 .dbd.C<
- group, together with
- (2) at least one hydroxyl-containing disulfide having the formula ##STR14## wherein m is an integer from 0 to 10, n and p are integers from 1 to 10, and g is 2, and
- (3) at least one hydroxyl-containing trisulfide having the formula above, except that g is 3, the amount of said trisulfide constituting from about 1 wt.% to about 25 wt.% of the total amount of said trisulfide and disulfide, wherein
- (4) said vinylidene monomer is selected from the group consisting of (a) monoolefins containing 2 to 14 carbon atoms, (b) dienes containing 4 to 10 carbon atoms, (c) vinyl and allyl esters of carboxylic acids containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms, (d) vinyl and allyl ethers of alkyl radicals containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and (e) acrylic acids and acrylates having the formula ##STR15## said R being hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and R.sup.1 being hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl or cyanoalkyl radical containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms.