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Chlorine-substituted polymers with a system of conjugated double bonds—polyvinylene chlorides, which were prepared by the chemical dehydrochlorination of carbon-chain chloropolymers with a Cl content of higher than 60 wt %, being polymeric electron acceptors, were found to form complexes with alkali metal hydroxides (LiOH, NaOH, and KOH). The resulting complexes exhibit high sorption capacity for phenol. The static exchange capacity of the alkaline complexes of polyvinylene chlorides for phenol is as high as 310 mg/g in an aqueous medium or 90 mg/g in an atmosphere of air; these values are comparable with the sorption capacity of the known sorbents of phenol.

The effect of a nanosecond high-power ion beam on chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, reactive polymer with a conjugation system (poly-vinylene chloride), and FP-383 photoresist thin films, which are deposited onto sodium-silicate glass and ST-50 glass-ceramic substrates, is investigated. It is revealed that submicrometer particles with clearly defined crystallographic facets are formed on the irradiated surface of the chlorinated polymers. These particles include predominantly carbon and are probably carbynoid or diamond-like structures. The possible mechanisms of the observed phenomena are discussed.