Polymers of the vinyl esters of perchlorocyclopentadiene adducts of petroselinic and oleic acids

Abstract Homopolymers of vinyl 5‐(1,4,5,6,7,7‐hexachloro‐3‐undecylbicyclo [2.2.1]5‐hepten‐2‐yl)‐pentanoate and vinyl 8‐(1,4,5,6,7,7‐hexachloro‐3‐octylbicyclo [2.2.1]5‐hepten‐2‐yl)‐octanoate were prepared, as well as their copolymers with a vinyl tetrahydroabietate—tetrahydropimarate mixture, vinyl 12‐hydroxystearate, and vinyl chloride. The vinyl octanoate—12‐hydroxystearate copolymer gave light‐weight urethane foams with practically no volume change upon humid aging. The vinyl pentanoate and vinyl octanoate monomers lose hydrogen chloride during polymerization. The vinyl pentanoate homopolymer was hydrolyzed in an attempt to establish the position of the loss of hydrogen chloride. Fractionation of vinyl chloride copolymers of the vinyl petanoate and the vinyl octanoate derivatives showed that they possessed a rather homogeneous composition. Incorporation of the vinyl pentanoate monomer in a poly(vinyl chloride) copolymer imparted some internal plasticization with serious loss of tensile strength.