Reaction #56349

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Reaction equation

C=C
ethylene
C=COC(C)=O
vinyl acetate
O=C1C=CC(=O)O1
maleic anhydride
→
C=C.C=COC(C)=O.O=C1C=CC(=O)O1
Ethylene/Vinyl Acetate Maleic Anhydride

Reactants

C=C
ethylene
C=COC(C)=O
vinyl acetate
O=C1C=CC(=O)O1
maleic anhydride

Reagents

None

Conditions

Detailed conditions
See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Workup

  1. 1
    Other/10 min. was prepared at the rate of 0.63 kg
  2. 2
    workup.ADDITIONMonomers were mixed, pressured to 1900 kg

Procedure

A terpolymer containing 65.6 percent ethylene, 32 percent vinyl acetate, and 2.4 percent maleic anhydride, and displaying a melt index of 125 g./10 min. was prepared at the rate of 0.63 kg./hr. in a continuous 0.72-liter stirred autoclave by the following procedure. Monomers were mixed, pressured to 1900 kg./sq. cm. and fed at these rates:

Source

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1Patent: US04225476uspto-grants-1980_09