left, 144px, Vinyl acetate is a commercially important monomer that is classified as a vinyl ester (i.e. an ester of vinyl alcohol).
Vinyl ester refers to
ester
In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an oxoacid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one hydroxyl group () is replaced by an alkoxy group (), as in the substitution reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. Glycerides ar ...
s formerly derived from
vinyl alcohol
Vinyl alcohol, also called ethenol (IUPAC name; not ethanol), is the simplest enol. With the formula , it is a labile compound that converts to acetaldehyde. It is not a precursor to polyvinyl alcohol.
Synthesis
Vinyl alcohol can be formed by th ...
. Commercially important examples of these monomers are
vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate and ethene-vinyl acetate copolymers, important industrial polymers.
Production
The worldwide production capacity of v ...
,
vinyl propionate
Vinyl propionate is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the ester of propionic acid and vinyl alcohol. It is used to produce poly(vinyl propionate) as well as copolymers with acrylate esters,
vinyl ch ...
, and
vinyl laurate
Vinyl may refer to:
Chemistry
* Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
* Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation
* Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry
* Vinyl polymer, a group of polymers derived from vinyl m ...
.
[{{cite encyclopedia, author=G. Roscher, title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, chapter=Vinyl Esters, encyclopedia=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, year=2007, publisher=Wiley-VCH, location=Weinheim, doi=10.1002/14356007.a27_419, isbn=978-3527306732]
References
Monomers
Commodity chemicals
Vinyl compounds
