That's a completely other matter - but unfortunately I am not a specalist in biochemical synthesis of polymers. I hope that someone with a proper expertise will help you. I know of biolgocally synthesized polylactides, polyesters, and probably there are bacteria that can feed on acetic acid as a C-source.

Please put your question more precisely. Acetic acid CH3COOH does not contain polymerizable double bond (that of C=O in the carboxyl group does not work - not even in ring opening polymerization as e.g. in formaldehyde). Acetic acid may form only dimer where the OH bond of one carboxyl forms a hydrogen bond with the carbonly of the other carboxyl. This dimer is less volatile than the monomer. (The degree of dimerization can be calculated from the vapor density). The methyl group cannot form a hydrogen bond, so you cannot go furhter than a dimer. (An even the dimer is formed only by secondary bonds, so one should speak of molecular association rather than of dimerization in classical sense).

You may get, however, acetate polymers, such as poly(vinlyacetate), cellulose acetate etc. These are usually not water soluble. Polyvinyl alcohol, obtained by hydrolysis of poly(vinylacetate) is, however water soluble.

Respected Gyorgy Banhegyi , thank you very much for your valuable suggestions.

Actually i am working with biological reactor (anaerobic digester) and feeding it with glucose and observed that volatile fatty acids (acetic acid , propionic acid and butyric acids) accumulation in the reactor. This problem become a rate limiting step in the process. So i am searching a ways for utilisation of these volatile acids for further conversion into organic products.

That's a completely other matter - but unfortunately I am not a specalist in biochemical synthesis of polymers. I hope that someone with a proper expertise will help you. I know of biolgocally synthesized polylactides, polyesters, and probably there are bacteria that can feed on acetic acid as a C-source.

Biochemical synthesis of polymers with your byproducts looks difficult.. since propionic acid is known to be bactericidal.

You should separate the three fatty acids, Acetic acid itself has many uses.. and if you want to use it in polymer synthesis, first convert AA to Vinyl acetate, followed by polymerization.

Thank you for your valuable suggestions.

Hi chandrasekhar,

It is little bit complicated job but you can try. Acetic acid may form only dimer where the OH bond of one carboxyl forms a hydrogen bond with the carbonly of the other carboxyl. This dimer is less volatile than the monomer.

@sridhar suggestion, you can try it by separation of fatty acid mixture.

Hi you can follow the given link for more info...

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp808974x

Hi bhargav thank you for nice suggestions

Dear bhargav,

is there any simple procedure for the separation of VFAs ....

Vacuum.

Hi Gozde Atikler... thank you for valuable suggestion. Any further details regarding vacuum ....please if you have,........

Thank you.