Aqueous polymerization process incorporating co-catalyst of organo-metallic compound nd halogenated acetic acid

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE AQUEOUS POLYMERIZATION OF VINYL AND RELATED MONOMERS, SAID MONOMER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ACRYLIC ACID, ACRYLATES OF SATURATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS, ALKYL SUBSTITUTED ACRYLATES OF SATURATED ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS, STYRENE, ALKYL MONO-SUBSTITUTED STYRENE, SAID MONO-SUBSTITUTION BEING ON THE AROMATIC PORTION OF THE MOLECULE, AND ACRYLONITRILE, COMPRISING STEPS OF DISPERSING SAID MONOMER IN AN AQUEOUS SYSTEM CONTAINING A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA RNMR''M WHEREIN R IS A MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CYCLOPENTADIENYL, INDENYL, METHYLINDENYL, DIMETHYLINDENYL, MTHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL AND FLUORENYL 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, THE SUM OF M AND N BEING 3 TO 4, WHEREIN SAID COMPOUND IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CO-CATALYST, SAID CO-CATALYST BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE HALOGENATED ACETIC ACIDS, AND HEATING THE MIXTURE UNTIL THE REACTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.