Other names: 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester; Methacrylic acid methyl ester; Diakon; Methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate; Methyl 2-methylpropenoate; MMA; Pegalan; CH2=C(CH3)COOCH3; Methyl-α-methacrylate; Monocite methacrylate monomer; Metakrylan metylu; Methacrylate de methyle; Methacrylsaeuremethyl ester; Methyl α-methylacrylate; Methyl methylacrylate; Methyl-methacrylat; Methylmethacrylaat; Metil metacrilato; NCI-C50680; Paladon; 2-Methylacrylic acid, methyl ester; Acrylic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester; Methylester kyseliny methakrylove; Methyl methacrylate monomer; 2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid methyl ester; Rcra waste number U162; Methyl ester of 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid; 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)-1-propene; Acryester M; NSC 4769; TEB 3K; 2-Methylacrylic, methyl ester

PRODUCT NAME	:	METHYLACRYLATE
CAS number	:	96-33-3
UN number	:	1919
Formula	:	CH2=CHCOOCH3
Odour	:	SHARP PUNGENT
Solubility in water	:	SLIGHT
Density	:	0.953 at 20 oC
Boiling point	:	80 oC
Melting point	:	-75oC
Viscosity	:
Flashpoint	:	-4 oC
Explosive limits	:	2.4 – 18.6 Vol%
Vapour pressure	:	93 mbar at 20oC
Skin absorption/irritation	:	YES
TLV       Country  NL              Year  1995	:	5 S ppm                18 S     mg/m3
Pollution category    1994	:	B

 

Methyl Acrylate forms homopolymers and copolymers. Copolymers of methyl acrylate can be prepared with acrylic acid and its salts, amides and esters, and with methacrylates, acrylonitrile, maleic acid esters, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, butadiene, unsaturated polyesters and drying oils, etc. Methyl acrylate is also a very useful feedstock for chemical syntheses, because it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds.