{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center" |- style="background:#FFDEAD;" ! Polyvinyl esters:<br />General formula |- | 90px<br /> (R = CH<sub>3</sub>; CH<sub>2</sub>Cl; C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub> etc.) |- |}
'''Polyvinyl esters''' are a group of thermoplastic vinyl polymers. The most important examples of this group are polyvinyl acetate (PVAC) and polyvinyl propionate.<ref name="Lexikon3">{{citation|surname1=Hans-Dieter Jakubke, Ruth Karcher|title=Lexikon der Chemie in drei Bänden|publisher=Spektrum Verlag|location=Heidelberg|at=p. 93|isbn=3827403812|date=1999|language=German }}</ref>
== Production == The radical polymerization of vinyl ester '''1''' (e.g. in case of vinyl acetate; R = CH<sub>3</sub>) yields polyvinyl ester '''2''':
frameless|center|380px|Synthese der Polyvinylester
== Use == The transparent polymers are used for the production of lacquers and as adhesives.<ref name="Lexikon3" /> The hydrolytic cleavage of the ester bonds of vinyl acetate is of industrial significance.<ref name="Kotzenburg">{{citation|surname1=Sebastian Kotzenburg, Michael Maskus, Oskar Nuyken|title=Polymere: Synthese, Eigenschaften und Anwendungen|publisher=Springer Spektrum|location=Berlin|at=pp. 429–430|isbn=978-3-642-34772-6|date=2014|language=German }}</ref>
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Category:Thermoplastics