AbstractBy treatment with alkali in 2‐methoxyethanol, poly(vinyl chloride) is converted to an insoluble network structure. On subsequent oxidation with 65 HNO3, a water‐soluble mixture of acids is obtained. Per 1000 carbon atoms of the original polymer chain, approximately 4 moles succinic acid, 2 moles glutaric acid, and 1 mole adipic acid are found. In spite of the fact that the occurrence of succinic acid is in the same order as tail‐to‐tail polymerization in PVC, it must be assumed that unexpected aggregation of more than two CH2groups is due to rearrangement during the alkali treatment or the oxidation pr
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