Monomeric and Polymeric Carboxylic Acids

Abstract

Our goal was not to analyze known unsaturated carboxylic acids (this problem itself is unrealizable), but only to give a general idea about unsaturated acids and their polymersmore often used for obtaining metal carboxylates.Basic attention was paid to those representatives which are a priori capable of polymerization. As data on unsaturated carboxylic acids are dispersed in numerous researches, directories, and catalogs, many of which are not always accessible, their most important characteristics are given below. Other unsaturated heteroacids and their polymers (for example, vinylsulfonic and vinylbenzoic sulfonic acids, thio-, phosphonic, amino-, and other acids) are not analyzed in this book. More detailed information can be found in other available literature.