Copolymerization of acrylonitrile. I. Copolymerization with styrene derivatives containing nitrile groups in the side chain

Abstract Acrylonitrile was copolymerized in bulk with cinnamonitrile (I), ethyl benzylidenecyanoacetate (II), and benzylidenemalononitrile (III) by radical initiation up to low conversions. The conventional scheme of copolymerization fitted all the three copolymer pairs.