Description
The foundations of modern acetylene chemistry were laid by Reppe at BASF. One of the many products to emerge from this work was soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone, which is obtained by radical polymerization of N-vinylpyrrolidone.
Because of its solubility in water and in many organic solvents, its high binding power and its ability to form complexes, soluble polyvinylpyrrolidone is a very valuable synthetic polymer for the pharmaceutical industry.