Grafting onto wool. VI. Effect of amines in ceric ion‐initiated grafting of poly(vinyl acetate)

Abstract

Abstract Poly(vinyl acetate) has been graft copolymerized onto Himachali wool in the presence of ceric ammonium nitrate alone and in presence of amines in aqueous medium under a wide variety of reaction conditions. Nitric acid was found to catalyze the graft copolymerization. Maximum grafting under optimum conditions has been determined. Several grafting experiments were carried out in presence of triethylamine and triethanolamine. Both amines were found to reduce the extent of grafting. The decrease in the percent grafting in presence of amines has been explained in terms of a chain‐transfer mechanism.