ABSTRACT
The monomer, vinyl chloride, was discovered by Justus Von Liebig in 1835. On assignment from Liebig, Victor Regnault confirmed this reaction and was allowed to publish alone and gain credit for this discovery. In 1872, E. Baumann detailed the light-induced change of vinyl chloride monomer to solid products, which he thought were isomers of the monomer. The properties described by him are those we ascribe to poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) [1].
