Azobisisobutyronitrile → Prop-2-enoic acid--6-methylheptyl prop-2-enoate (1/1)

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Iso-octyl acrylate (252.0 grams), acrylic acid (28.0 Grams), and azobis(iso-butyronitrile) (0.700 gram; 0.25 weight percent based on monomer) were dissolved in acetone (420 grams; monomer solids was 40.00 weight percent) in a one liter amber glass bottle. The resulting solution was sparged briefly with nitrogen to remove dissolved oxygen, sealed, and heated with agitation at 53° C. for 24 hours. The resulting copolymer solids was 38.3 weight percent, and the inherent viscosity in tetrahydrofuran at 30° C. (0.15 gram copolymer per 100 grams solvent) was 1.71.

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