AJACAmerican Journal of Analytical Chemistry2156-8251Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/ajac.2014.51006AJAC-42137ArticlesChemistry&Materials Science Synthesis of ABA Type Block Copolymers of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(Dodecyl Vinyl Ether) and Its Using as Surfactant in Emulsion Polymerization esimHepuzer Gursel1AyferSarac2*BahireFiliz Senkal1Department of Chemistry, Y?ld?z Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey* E-mail:ayfersarac2002@yahoo.com(AS);1001201405013944November 23, 2013December 26, 2013 January 5, 2014© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) based macroinitiator (MI) with terminal chloride atom at both ends was prepared by the reaction of PEG-400 with chloroacetyl chloride and used for the cationic polymerization of dodecyl vinyl ether (DVE) yielding ABA type block copolymer. The block copolymer was then used as the surfactant for the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate and styrene in the presence of potassium persulfate as an initiator. The effects of new polymeric emulsifier on the physicochemical properties of obtained latexes were investigated depending on surfactant percentage in homopolymerizations.

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