Poly(vinyl acetate-co-vinyl chloroformate) (1) was synthesized via pho
sgenation of poly(vinyl acetate-co-vinyl alcohol). It was shown that (
1) is capable of initiating the polymerization of 2-phenyl-2-oxazoline
and 2-methyl-2-oxazoline, when the counter ion is exchanged using pot
assium iodide. Polyvinyl acetate-graft-poly-2-phenyl-2-oxazoline and p
olyvinyl acetate-graft-poly-2-methyl-2-oxazoline are obtained in the g
rafting reaction.