Allyl Alcohol → Allyl Alcohol Allyl Acetate

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The procedure of Example 1 is generally followed. The reactor is initially charged with allyl alcohol (200 g), allyl acetate (200 g), and di-tert-butylperoxide (10 g). After heating the reactor contents to 150° C., the remaining di-tertbutylperoxide (40 g) is added to the reactor continuously over 2.5 h. Heating continues for an additional 2 h at 150° C. After vacuum stripping as described above, the product (166 g) is isolated and characterized. The yield obtained is 42% based on the weight of charged monomers. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) results: Mw=1081, Mn=708, Mw/Mn=1.52. By 13C NMR, the product contains 57 mole % of allyl alcohol recurring units, and 43 mole % of allyl acetate recurring units.

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