Commercial Methacrylates:

Structure and Properties of Monofunctional Acrylate Monomers

Monomer

Structure

MW (g/mol)

Tg (°C)

Methyl Acrylate (MA)

86.1

7

Acrylic acid (AA)

72.1

101

n-Butyl acrylate (n-BA)

128.2

-53

Lauryl acrylate (LA)

247

-5

Stearyl acrylate (SA)

324

38

Benzyl acrylate (BNA)

162

6

Cyclohexyl acrylate (CHA)

154.2

16

Isobornyl acrylate (IBOA)

208.3

94

2-Ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA)

184.3

-50

Tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate (THFA)

156.2

-14

2-Hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA)

116.1

-14