Emulsion polymerization with trisubstituted hydroperoxy methanes

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING A POLYMERIZABLE ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINING A CH2=C< GROUP IN AQUEOUS EMULSION AT POLYMERIZATION TEMPERATURE IN THE PRESENCE OF 0.1 TO 10 MILLIMOLS PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF MONOMERIC MATERIAL OF A HYDROPEROXIDE OF A SUBSTITUTED BENZENE HAVING NOR MORE THAN 30 CARBON ATOMS, ONE SUBSTITUENT GROUP CONTAINING AT LEAST 3 AND NOT MORE THAN 12 CARBON ATOMS, ONE OF SAID CARBON ATOMS BEING A TERTIARY CARBON ATOM ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO A CARBON ATOM OF THE BENZENE RING, SAID TERTIARY CARBON ATOM ALSO HAVING A HYDROPEROXIDE GROUP ATTACHED THERETO, THE OTHER CARBON ATOMS OF SAID SUBSTITUENT GROUP FORMING PART OF ALKYL RADICALS ATTACHED TO SAID TERTIARY CARBON ATOM, SAID HYDROPEROXIDE CONTAINING FIVE ADDITIONAL SUBSTITUENT GROUPS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND ALKYL RADICALS HAVING 1 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID ADDITIONAL SUBSTITUENT GROUPS BEING HYDROGEN, ONE OF SAID SUBSTITUENT GROUPS PRESENT CONTAINING EXACTLY 12 CARBON ATOMS, 0.1 TO 3 MILLIMOLS PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF MONOMERIC MATERIAL OF AN INORGANIC FERROUS SALT, 0.1 TO 5.6 MILLIMOLS PER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF MONOMERIC MATERIAL OF AN ALKALI METAL PYROPHOSPHATE, THE RATIO OF FERROUS SALT TO PYROPHOSPHATE BEING BETWEEN 1:.02 AND 1:3.5, AND 0.02 TO 5 PARTS BY WEIGHT PER 100 PARTS OF MONOMERIC MATERIAL OF A REDUCING SUGAR.