Copolymers of .omega.-bromoalkyl esters of acyclic unsaturated dicarboxylic acids
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorsAlbert W. Morgan, Charles S. Shull, William Vanderlinde
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Abstract
Copolymers are prepared from .omega.-bromoalkyl ester of acyclic unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and compounds copolymerizable therewith. The copolymers are useful as flame retardant plasticizers for polymers.
Claims8
Copolymer of the formula ##STR3## wherein R is the monomeric unit derived from the polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated comonomer the reactivity value of which, when multiplied by the reactivity value of diethyl fumarate, is less than one and n has a value of from about 10 to about 2,000.
Copolymer of bis(4-bromobutyl)fumarate and triallyl cyanurate.
Copolymer of bis(4-bromobutyl)fumarate and vinyl acetate.
Copolymer of bis(4-bromobutyl)fumarate and ethyl acrylate.
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