How do you polymerize butanol and what is the polymer that is produced by this reaction?
1 Answer
Jan 25, 2016
Butanol cannot be polymerized; even if you converted it into butene, you'd still have problems.
Explanation:
Polyesters are formed from
Butene itself would be difficult to polymerize to give a poly-olefin. While polyethylene is relatively easy to make, incorporation of higher olefins into the chain has always been problematic; undoubtedly this reflects the increased steric demand of the longer chain olefin.