Abstract Butadiene-acrylonitrile-vinylcyclohexyl ketone (BD-AN-VCHK) terpolymer was synthesized by radical polymerization. The structure of the synthesized terpolymer was elucidated by IR spectroscopy and physical and mechanical tests. BD-AN-VCHK terpolymer was stable at lower temperatures and exhibited good adhesive properties. It was also observed that the yield of terpolymer was dependent upon the initial concentration of VCHK and pH of the media. The percentage of conversion increased by increasing the initial concentration of VCHK. With addition of 10.8% VCHK to the BD-AN mixture, the glass transition temperature (Tg) value of the polymers decreased from −40 °C to −57 °C. However further increase of VCHK ratio (20.4%) resulted in the formation of the polymers with Tg value of −48 °C. It was shown that this was due to the fact that VCHK, entering the structure during polymerization process, converted the trans structure of butadiene sequences into the cis form.