Polyvinyl alcohol and method for producing polyvinyl alcohol

    公开(公告)号:US11261270B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16630282

    申请日:2018-07-11

    IPC分类号: C08F16/06 C08F2/38 C08F8/12

    摘要: A polyvinyl alcohol has a number-average molecular weight (Mn) from 4,400 to 440,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) from 1.05 to 1.70, a degree of saponification from 80 to 99.99 mol %, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol contains an end group represented by a formula (I) below, and a molar ratio (X) of the end group based on total monomer units and the number-average molecular weight (Mn) satisfy a formula (1) below. Such a polyvinyl alcohol has a narrow molecular weight distribution and a high number-average molecular weight with hue good. (In the formula, R1 denotes an optionally substituted aromatic group having a carbon number from 6 to 20, and R2 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon number from 1 to 20, or an optionally substituted aromatic group having a carbon number from 6 to 20.) X·Mn/44≥0.5  (1)