from elements selected from group iva of the periodic table of the elements and r 1 r 2 r 3 r 6 r 7 and r 8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen alkyl substituted alkyl aryl substituted aryl cycloalkyl and substituted cycloalkyl r r 4 and r 5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen alkyl substituted alkyl aryl substituted aryl cycloalkyl and substituted cycloalkyl h is 0 when t is oxygen or sulfur and 1 when t is nitrogen k and m are 1 when t or w is oxygen or sulfur and 2 when t or w is nitrogen novel heterotelechelic polymers of the present invention are prepared as described in detail below living polymer anions are prepared by anionically polymerizing one or more conjugated diene hydrocarbons one or more alkenylsubstituted aromatic compounds or a mixture of one or more conjugated diene hydrocarbons with one or more alkenylsubstituted aromatic compounds in an inert solvent at a temperature from u2212 30 u00b0 c to 150 u00b0 c for a period of at least one hour with one or more protected functionalized initiators having the formula r 6 r 7 r 8 u2014 b k u2014 w u2014 z 1 u2014 q v u2014 m vii each m is independently an alkali metal preferably selected from the group consisting of lithium sodium and potassium each q is independently a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of one or more conjugated diene hydrocarbons one or more alkenylsubstituted aromatic compounds or mixtures of one or more conjugated diene hydrocarbons with one or more alkenylsubstituted.