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Polyvinyl alcohol is an important polymer. The structure is given below
It is prepared by polymerization of
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B
PVA is prepared by hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate. Other vinyl ester-derived polymers are sometimes used, with formate, chloroacetate groups instead of acetate. The conversion of the polyesters is usually conducted by base-catalysed transesteriflcation with ethanol: [CH 2 CH(OAc)] n + C 2 H 5 OH 
[CH 2 CH(OH)] n + C 2 H 5 OAc
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