Abstract: | p-Styrenesulfonate esters of primary and secondary perfume alcohols and phenols, including citronellol, 1-menthol, borneol, β-phenethyl alcohol, eugenol, p-anisyl alcohol, cinnamyl alcohol, and geraniol, and herbicide alcohols such as 2,4-dichloro- and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy-ethanols were synthesized using p-styrenesulfonyl chloride in the presence of bases such as pyridine, triethylamine, sodium hydrogen carbonate, and sodium hydride. The hydrolytic behavior of sulfonate ester monomers and their copolymers with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone to liberate perfume and herbicide alcohols was structure-dependent, thereby affording chemical release control. |