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Methacrylic acid

contains 250 ppm MEHQ as inhibitor, 99%

Synonym(s):

2-Methacrylic acid, 2-Methylpropenoic acid

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Linear Formula:
H2C=C(CH3)COOH
CAS Number:
79-41-4
Molecular Weight:
86.09
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24849561
EC Number:
201-204-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1719937
MDL number:
MFCD00002651
Assay:
99%
Form:
liquid

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InChI key

CERQOIWHTDAKMF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C4H6O2/c1-3(2)4(5)6/h1H2,2H3,(H,5,6)

SMILES string

C=C(C)C(O)=O

vapor density

>3 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

752 °F

contains

250 ppm MEHQ as inhibitor

Quality Level

200

refractive index

n20/D 1.431 (lit.)

pH

2.0-2.2 (20 °C, 100 g/L)

bp

163 °C (lit.)

mp

12-16 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: 98 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.015 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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General description

Methacrylic acid (MAA) is an organic compound, colorless, viscous liquid. It is a monofunctional methacrylayte monomer. It is soluble in warm water and miscible in most organic solvents. MAA is used as a starting material for the production of its esters, especially methyl methacrylate and poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA).

Application

MAA is used to synthesize poly(methacrylic acid)-g-poly(ε-caprolactone) copolymers, polymeric blends with PMMA and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)-MAA hydrogels.

pictograms

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GHS06,GHS05

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

flash_point_f

152.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

67 °C - closed cup

ppe

Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

Regulatory Information

危险化学品
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Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer
(RAFT) Polymerization
Moad G, et al.
Material Matters, 5(1) (2010)
Synthesis of graft copolymers of poly(methacrylic acid)-g-poly(?-caprolactone) by coupling ROP and RAFT polymerizations
Kiehl J, et al.
Polymer, 53(3), 694-700 (2012)
Thomas J Dursch et al.
Biomaterials, 35(2), 620-629 (2013-10-24)
Two-photon confocal microscopy and back extraction with UV/Vis-absorption spectrophotometry quantify equilibrium partition coefficients, k, for six prototypical drugs in five soft-contact-lens-material hydrogels over a range of water contents from 40 to 92%. Partition coefficients were obtained for acetazolamide, caffeine, hydrocortisone
Josué A Torres-Ávalos et al.
Polymers, 13(4) (2021-03-07)
Design of a smart drug delivery system is a topic of current interest. Under this perspective, polymer nanocomposites (PNs) of butyl acrylate (BA), methacrylic acid (MAA), and functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTsf) were synthesized by in situ emulsion polymerization (IEP). Carbon
Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla et al.
Polymers, 12(12) (2020-12-03)
Several hydrogels based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and a methacrylic monomer containing a thiazole group in its lateral chain have been prepared by thermal polymerization at 60 °C in water solution varying the chemical composition of the gels. The posterior quaternization
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