Commercial Methacrylates:

Structure and Properties of Monofunctional Methacrylate Monomers

Monomer

Structure

MW (g/mol)

Tg (°C)

Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)

100.1

105

Methacrylic acid (MAA)

86.1

185

n-Butyl methacrylate (n-BMA)

142.2

20

i-Butyl methacrylate (i-BMA)

142.2

53

Lauryl methacrylate (LMA)

254

-62.5

Stearyl Methacrylate (SMA)

338

38.5

Benzyl methacrylat (BNMA)e

176

54

Cyclohexyl methacrylate (CHMA)

168.2

107

Isobornyl methacrylate (IBOMA)

222.3

110.5

2-Ethylhexyl methacrylate (2-EHMA)

198.3

-10

Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate (THFMA)

170.2

43.5

2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)

130.1

55

Hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA)

144.2

73