Methyl vinyl ether → Furan-2,5-dione--methoxyethene (1/1)

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Then, 15 L methyl vinyl ether were added and slightly heated until all of the maleic anhydride was dissolved. The temperature was raised to about 50° C. and, once the reaction started, a temperature of 55° to 65° C. was maintained in the reaction vessel by suitable cooling. After 4 to 5 hours, the reaction was completed, as determined by the fact that no monomeric maleic anhydride could be detected by means of triphenylphosphine paper. The excess methyl vinyl ether was distilled off. The process yielded 4.8 kg of a colorless, finely powdered 1:1 maleic anhydride-methyl vinyl ether copolymer having a specific viscosity of 3.1.

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