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Poly(vinyl butyral) is used as the plastic laminate in the preparation of automobile windshield safety glass. How would you synthesize this polymer?(FIGURE CAN'T COPY)
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This is achieved by chain-growth polymerization of vinyl acetate. The reaction can be represented as follows: \[nCH_2=CHOOCCH_3 \rightarrow -(CH_2-CHOOCCH_3)_n\] Show more…
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