Itaconic acid → Vinylidene chloride methylacrylate itaconic acid

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In a 500 mL glass bottle was added 5.74 grams methyl acrylate (0.067 mol, available from Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.), 1.87 grams itaconic acid (0.014 mol, available from Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.), 1.1 grams sodium lauryl sulfate (0.0038 mol, available from Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.), 0.33 grams Wako V-501 initiator (4,4'-azobis(4-cyano pentanoic acid, 0.0012 mol, available from Wake Chemicals USA, Inc., Richmond, Va.), and 330 grams deionized water. The resulting solution was purged with nitrogen for 10 minutes. Vinylidene chloride (62.4 g, 0.644 mol, available from Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.) was then added to the bottle and the bottle was sealed with a teflon lined screw cap. The bottle was then placed in an Atlas Launderometer (available from Atlas Electric Devices Co., Chicago, Ill.) and heated with agitation to 55° C. for 22 hours to give a terpoly(vinylidene chloride-methylacrylate-itaconic acid) latex with 17.5 weight percent solids.

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