Relationship To Polyvinylalcohol
Because of the instability of vinyl alcohol, the thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol (PVA or PVOH) is made indirectly by polymerization of vinyl acetate followed by hydrolysis of the ester bonds (Ac = acetyl, HOAc = acetic acid):
- n CH2=CHOAc → (CH2-CHOAc)n
- (CH2-CHOAc)n + n H2O → (CH2-CHOH)n + n HOAc
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