Ba. Yulchibaev et al., THE ROLE OF TRANSESTERIFICATION IN CONDEN SATION OF POLY(ETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE) WITH P-ACETOXYBENZOIC ACID, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 35(8), 1993, pp. 20001384-20001386
The relationship of the acidolysis and esterolysis reactions in conden
sation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) with p-acetoxybenzoic aci
d (ABA) was studied using NMR spectroscopy and viscometry. It was show
n that esterolysis was of great importance in the interchain exchange
reactions, which provide homogeneity of the chain microstructure.