Polyvinyl ester

Polyvinyl esters are a group of thermoplastic vinyl polymers. The most important examples of this group are polyvinyl acetate (PVAC) and polyvinyl propionate.[1]

Polyvinyl esters: General formula
(R = CH₃; CH₂Cl; C₂H₅ etc.)

Production

The radical polymerization of vinyl ester 1 (e.g. in case of vinyl acetate; R = CH₃) yields polyvinyl ester 2:

Synthese der Polyvinylester

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

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)

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[Lexikon3-1] 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)