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Usage

Uses

Used in the Manufacturing Industry:
2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate is used as a monomer for the production of thermosetting resins for surface coatings. It provides durability, hardness, and resistance to chemicals and heat, making it suitable for various applications in the manufacturing industry.
Used in the Surface Coating Industry:
2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate is used as a key component in the formulation of surface coatings, offering improved performance and properties compared to traditional coatings. Its use in thermosetting resins contributes to the development of coatings with enhanced durability, hardness, and resistance to chemicals and heat, making them ideal for various applications in the surface coating industry.

Hazard

TLV: 0.5 ppm. Corrosive to skin and eyes. Toxic by skin absorption.

Health Hazard

2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate is an irritant of the eyes, nose, respiratory tract, and skin.

InChI:InChI=1/C6H10O3/c1-3-6(8)9-4-5(2)7/h3,5,7H,1,4H2,2H3/t5-/m0/s1

Upstream product

• 2421-07-0 2-ethenyl-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane 
• 57-55-6 propylene glycol 
• 292638-85-8 acrylic acid methyl ester 

Downstream Products

• 51727-50-5 acrylic acid 2-phenylcarbamoyloxy-propyl ester 
• 52723-96-3 (4-methyl-1,3-phenylene)bis[iminocarbonyloxy(2-methyl-2,1-ethanediyl)] diacrylate 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Hydroxy functional acrylate and methacrylate monomers prepared via lipase-catalyzed transacylation reactions

Candida antarctica lipase B (CAL-B, Novozyme 435) catalyzes the transacylation of methyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate with diols and triols in 2-methyl-2-butanol at 50 °C. Under the experimental conditions, up to 70 mol% of the acyl donor methyl acrylate was converted. Methyl methacrylate is the less efficient acyl donor (up to 60 mol%) due to the higher sterical hindrance in the enzymatic transacylation. Under the reaction conditions high yields of the mono-acylated products are obtained, which contain minor amounts of bis(meth)acrylates. In addition it was observed that Novozyme 435 catalyzes regioselectively the acylation of the primary hydroxyl groups. In comparison with the chemical catalyzed route no selectivity was observed for unsubstituted diols. For substituted diols more mono-acylated product was formed in the lipase-catalyzed reaction than in the chemical catalyzed reaction.

Free radical and nitroxide mediated polymerization of hydroxy-functional acrylates prepared via lipase-catalyzed transacylation reactions

3-Hydroxypropyl acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 2-methyl-3-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, neopentyl glycol acrylate, glyceryl acrylate, and dihydroxyhexyl acrylate were prepared via transacylation reaction of methyl acrylate with diols and triols catalyzed by Candida antarctica lipase B. After removal of the enzyme by filtration and the methyl acrylate by distillation, the monomers were polymerized via free radical polymerization (FRP) with azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator and nitroxide mediated polymerization (NMP) employing Blocbuilder alkoxyamine initiator and SG-1 free nitroxide resulting in hydroxy functional poly(acrylates). The NMP kinetics are discussed in detail. In addition, the polymers obtained by FRP and NMP are compared and the results are related to the amount of bisacrylates that are present in the initial monomer mixtures resulting from the transacylation reactions

Wet adhesion promoter

Compositions containing urea functional compounds are disclosed which are particularly suitable for use as post-added wet adhesion promoters in coatings, especially in aqueous emulsion systems used to make latex paints. A process of preparing the same is also disclosed, as well as a novel class of compounds.