# Polyvinyl ester

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! Polyvinyl esters:<br />General formula
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| 90px<br /> (R = CH<sub>3</sub>; CH<sub>2</sub>Cl; C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub> etc.)
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'''Polyvinyl esters''' are a group of [thermoplastic](/source/thermoplastic) [vinyl polymers](/source/Vinyl_polymer). The most important examples of this group are [polyvinyl acetate](/source/polyvinyl_acetate) (PVAC) and [polyvinyl propionate](/source/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.&nbsp;93|isbn=3827403812|date=1999|language=German
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== Production ==
The [radical polymerization](/source/radical_polymerization) of vinyl ester '''1''' (e.g. in case of [vinyl acetate](/source/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](/source/Lacquer) and as [adhesives](/source/Adhesive).<ref name="Lexikon3" /> The [hydrolytic cleavage](/source/Hydrolysis) of the [ester bonds](/source/Ester_bond) 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.&nbsp;429–430|isbn=978-3-642-34772-6|date=2014|language=German
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== References ==
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Category:Thermoplastics

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