| Abstract: | The vinyl ester of dehydrogenated abietic acid has been homopolymerized, copolymerized with vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, and butadiene and terpolymerized with styrene and acrylonitrile. Both in the homopolymerization and the copolymerization, the vinyl ester of dehydroabietic acid has given lower molecular weight polymers than were obtained with the vinyl ester of tetrahydroabietic acid. Polymers containing the vinyl ester of dehydroabietic acid can be readily crosslinked with peroxide. |
