Aqueous phase polymerization of vinyl and related monomers with organic cocatalysts

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL AND RELATED MONOMERS, SAID MONOMER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ACRYLIC ACID AND ESTERS THEREOF, ALKYL SUBSTITUTED ACRYLIC ACID AND ESTERS THEREOF, STYRENE, ALKYL MONO-SUBSTITUTED STYRENE, SAID MONO-SUBSTITUTION BEING ON THE AROMATIC PORTION OF THE MOLECULE, AND ACRYLONITRILE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF DISPERSING SAID VINYL MONOMER IN A LIQUID SYSTEM CONTAINING A FIRST COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA RNMR''M; WHEREIN R IS A HYDROCARBON RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CYCLOPENTADIENYL AND SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPENTADIENYL RADICALS, M IS A METAL SELECTED FROM THE CLASS OF METALS CONSISTING OF ZIRCONIUM AND TITANIUM, R'' IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKOXY, CYCLOALKOXY AND ACYLOXY GROUPS, AND HALOGEN ATOMS, N IS FROM ONE TO TWO AND M IS FROM ONE TO THREE, AND WHEN M IS THREE, AT LEAST ONE R'' MUST BE SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HALOGENS AND ACYLATES, THE SUM OF M AND N BEING FROM 3 TO 4, SAID LIQUID SYSTEM ALSO CONTAINING A SECOND COMPOUND, SAID SECOND COMPOUND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF UNSUBSTITUTED ALIPHATIC, UNSUBSTITUTED AROMATIC, HYDROXY-SUBSTITUTED AND LOWER ALKYLSUBSTITUTED AROMATIC, AND HYDROXY SUBSTITUTED ALIPHATIC ORGANIC ACIDS SAID SECOND COMPOUND BEING PRESENT IN AMOUNT FROM 0.5 TO 5 PARTS BY WEIGHT FOR EACH PART BY WEIGHT OF SAID FIRST COMPOUND.