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Copolymerization of acrylonitrile with vinyl chloride catalyzed by ethylaluminum chloride with or without transition metal compounds was investigated. The copolymer composition was markedly influenced by the amount of ethylaluminum dichloride. The addition of transition metal compound enhances the yield of copolymer, but has no effect on copolymer composition. The alternating copolymer was produced only in the presence of an equimolar or more amount of ethylaluminum dichloride with respect to acrylonitrile. The acrylonitrile-rich copolymer is formed when a less amount of complexing agent is used and this fact is interpreted by the copolymerization between free acrylonitrile monomer and the ternary complex of aluminum compound–acrylonitrile–vinyl chloride.
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Furukawa, J., Kobayashi, E. & Yamauchi, J. Copolymerization of Acrylonitrile with Vinyl Chloride Catalyzed by Ethylaluminum Chloride with or without Transition Metal Compounds. Polym J 2, 407–415 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.2.407
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