| Polyvinyl esters: General formula |
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 (R = CH3; CH2Cl; C2H5 etc.) |
Polyvinyl esters are a group of thermoplastic vinyl polymers. The most important examples of this group are polyvinyl acetate (PVAC) and polyvinyl propionate.1
Production
The radical polymerization of vinyl ester 1 (e.g. in case of vinyl acetate; R = CH3) yields polyvinyl ester 2:
Use
The transparent polymers are used for the production of lacquers and as adhesives.1 The hydrolytic cleavage of the ester bonds of vinyl acetate is of industrial significance.2
References
References
- Hans-Dieter Jakubke, Ruth Karcher (1999), Lexikon der Chemie in drei Bänden (in German), Heidelberg: Spektrum Verlag, p. 93, ISBN 3827403812
- Sebastian Kotzenburg, Michael Maskus, Oskar Nuyken (2014), Polymere: Synthese, Eigenschaften und Anwendungen (in German), Berlin: Springer Spektrum, pp. 429–430, ISBN 978-3-642-34772-6
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