Carbon monoxide containing polymers derived from synthesis gas (KWP-0002)
 The invention is related to an olefin-carbon monoxide-vinyl monomer terpolymer composition which is derived from an olefin feed and a synthesis gas feed and at least one vinyl monomer feed. The invention is also related to a method for preparing olefin-carbon monoxide-vinyl monomer terpolymers by heating an olefin feed, a synthesis gas feed and at least one vinyl monomer feed in the presence of a free radical polymerization initiator. More particularly, the synthesis gas feed comprises predominantly carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The terpolymers of the invention are useful as polyvinyl chloride plasticizers. 
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
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C08F C08G
inventional inventional
Abhimanyu O. Manika
Patil Varma-Nair