The invention is related to a geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon
monoxide-ethylene polymer. The invention is also related to a method for
preparing geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon monoxide-ethylene polymers
by reacting a geminally disubstituted olefin feed, a carbon monoxide feed
and an ethylene feed under free radical polymerization conditions. The
invention is further related to a geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon
monoxide-ethylene-X polymer, where monomer X is a free radical
polymerizable monomer. The invention is also directed to a method for
preparing geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon monoxide-ethylene-X
polymers by reacting a geminally disubstituted olefin feed, a carbon
monoxide feed, an ethylene feed and a feed containing monomer X under free
radical polymerization conditions. The polymers of the invention are
useful as polyvinyl chloride plasticizers.
