Radical polymerization in disperse systems,by J. Bartoň, I. Capek. Ellis Horwood Ltd,Chichester/VEDA,Bratislava, 1994. pp. 352, price £68. ISBN 0-13-752353-X

Radical copolymerization of zinc acrylate (ZnA₂) with acrylonitrile (AN), initiated by As₂S₃–styrene complex(I), in dimethyl Sulphoxide (DMSO) at 90 ± 0.1°C for 1.0h under inert atmosphere, yields non-alternating copolymers. The kinetic expression is R_p ∝ [I]^0.33 [ZnA₂]^0.25 [AN]^0.44, i.e. the system follows non-ideal kinetics, which is due to primary radical termination as well as degradative chain transfer reactions. The values for activation energy (E) and k²_p/k_t are 128kJ mol⁻¹ and 8.57 × 10⁻⁷ litre mol⁻¹ s⁻¹, respectively. Thermal stability, solubility in different solvents, and IR and NMR spectra have been evaluated.