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1,1-Dichloroethene (VDC) readily polymerises.

Commercially, VDC is used as a copolymer with vinyl chloride (85% VDC + 15% VCM) to give Saran or with acrynonitrile to give flame resistant acrylic fibers.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

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H2C=CCl2
         
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1,1-Dichloroethene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Polymerisation
Radical Addition

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