Polyvinyl ester

Polyvinyl esters: General formula
(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 .^[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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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 978-3-642-34772-6CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Lexikon3-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hans-Dieter Jakubke, Ruth Karcher (1999), Lexikon der Chemie in drei Bänden (in German), Heidelberg: Spektrum Verlag, p. 93, ISBN 3827403812

[Kotzenburg-2] Sebastian Kotzenburg, Michael Maskus, Oskar Nuyken (2014), Polymere: Synthese, Eigenschaften und Anwendungen (in German), Berlin: Springer Spektrum, pp. 429–430, ISBN 978-3-642-34772-6CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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