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Vinylbenzyl ethers of cellulose. Preparation and polymerization
Author(s) -
Koenig H. Steve,
Roberts Carleton W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1974.070180302
Subject(s) - monomer , prepolymer , cellulose , polymer chemistry , copolymer , polymerization , maleic anhydride , grafting , chemistry , methyl methacrylate , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , polyurethane
Grafting of chain‐growth polymerizable monomers onto cellulose has been a thoroughly investigated area. Introduction of polymerizable monomeric species chemically bound to cellulose has been less fruitful. Crotonate esters, methacrylate esters, and allyl and vinyl derivatives are examples where subsequent polymerization to crosslinked species has been described. Reported are the reactions of vinylbenzyl chloride with causticized cotton fabric to give a series of vinylbenzylated celluloses with degrees of substitution from 0.05 to 0.26. Homopolymerization of these or copolymerization with maleic anhydride or dimethyl maleate gave little or no crosslinking under the conditions employed. Vinylbenzyl cellulose acetate proved to be a polymerizable “prepolymer” with diethyl maleate.