Abstract:
A NEW COMPSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A COPOLYMER OF ACRYLONITRILE AND AN ENAMINE HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA:
R-C(-R'')=C(-R")-X
WHEREIN R IS AN ALIPHATIC, CYCLOALIPHATIC OR AROMATIC HYDORCARBON RESIDUE, R'' AND R" MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, AND ARE ALIPHATIC, CYCLOALIPHATIC OR AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RESIDUES OR HYDROGEN AND X IS A RADICAL DERIVED FROM A SECONDARY AMINE BY REMOVAL OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM BOUND TO THE NITROGEN ARE DISCLOSED. COPOLYMER IS PREPARED BY REACTING ACRYLONITRILE AND THE ENAMINE IN THE PRESENCE OF A FREE RADICAL INITIATOR.