Flashcards: Monomers

Itaconic acid, or methylenesuccinic acid, is an organic compound.

δ-Valerolactone is a lactone used as a chemical intermediate in processes such as the production of polyesters.

Dipropylene glycol is a mixture of three isomeric chemical compounds, 4-oxa-2,6-heptandiol, 2-(2-hydroxy-propoxy)-propan-1-ol, and 2-(2-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethoxy)-propan-1-ol.

Butene, also known as butylene, is an alkene with the formula C4H8.

Octene is an alkene with the formula C8H16.

Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CHCH2.

Methyl methacrylate (MMA) is an organic compound with the formula CH2=C(CH3)COOCH3.

Acrylic acid (IUPAC: prop-2-enoic acid) is an organic compound with the formula CH2=CHCOOH.

1,3-Butadiene is a simple conjugated diene with the formula C4H6.

Methacrylic acid, abbreviated MAA, is an organic compound.

Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a common organic compound with the formula CH2=C(CH3)-CH=CH2.

4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, also known as p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHBA), is a monohydroxybenzoic acid, a phenolic derivative of benzoic acid.

Terephthalic acid (a portmanteau of the turpentine-producing tree terebinthus, and phthalic acid) is the organic compound with formula C6H4(CO2H)2.

Vinyl alcohol, also called ethenol (IUPAC name), is an alcohol.

Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)5C(O)NH.

Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a chemical compound with the formula C2F4.

α-Methylstyrene (AMS) is a chemical intermediate used in the manufacture of plasticizers, resins and polymers.

p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(NH2)2.

Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) is an organic compound with the formula CH3C6H3(NCO)2.

Isophthalic acid is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(CO2H)2.

Styrene, also known as ethenylbenzene, vinylbenzene, and phenylethene, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH=CH2.

Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C=CHCl that is also called vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) or chloroethene.

Hexamethylenediamine is the organic compound with the formula H2N(CH2)6NH2.

Vinylsulfonic acid is an organosulfur compound.

Terephthaloyl chloride (TCL, 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride) is the acid chloride of terephthalic acid and is one of two monomers used to make Kevlar(R), the other being p-phenylenediamine.

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula C2H4 or H2C=CH2.

N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide (MBAm or MBAA) is a cross-linking agent used during the formation of polymers such as polyacrylamide.

Methyl 2-chloroacrylate is a colorless liquid used in manufacture of acrylic high polymer similar to polymethylmethacrylate.

N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide or HPMA is the monomer used to make the polymer poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide).

Methyl 2-fluoroacrylate (MFA) is a chemical compound classified as an acrylate ester.

2,2,4,4-Tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (CBDO) is an aliphatic diol.

Acryloyl chloride, also known as 2-propenoyl chloride or acrylic acid chloride, is a clear, light yellow, flammable liquid with an acrid smell.

Vinyl ether, also known as divinyl ether, divinyl oxide, Vinethene (pharmaceutical trade name) and ethenoxyethene (IUPAC), is a clear, nearly colorless, volatile liquid which was briefly used as an inhalation anesthetic.

Isobutyl cyanoacrylate is an isomer of butyl cyanoacrylate.

Lactic acid O-carboxyanhydride (lac-OCA) is an organic compound.

Octyl cyanoacrylate (OCA), a cyanoacrylate ester, is an octyl ester of 2-cyano-2-propenoic acid.

Methacrylonitrile is a chemical compound that is an unsaturated aliphatic nitrile, widely used in the preparation of homopolymers, copolymers, elastomers, and plastics and as a chemical intermediate in the preparation of acids, amides, amines, esters, and other nitriles.

2,4-Diaminotoluene is an organic compound with the formula C6H3(NH2)2CH3.

Ethyl cyanoacrylate (ECA), a cyanoacrylate ester, is an ethyl ester of 2-cyano-2-propenoic acid.

Methyl cyanoacrylate (MCA) is an organic compound that contains several functional groups, a methyl ester, a nitrile, and an alkene.

3,4-Dimethoxystyrene (vinylveratrole) is an aromatic organic compound.

2-Octyl cyanoacrylate is an cyanoacrylate ester used in medical adhesives (under the brand name Dermabond).

2-Vinylpyridine is an organic compound with the formula CH2CHC5H4N.

Cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) is a mixture of isomeric organic compounds with formula C6H10(CH2OH)2.

Cyclohexanone oxime is an organic compound containing the functional group oxime.

4-Methyl-1-pentene is used as a monomer for olefin polymerisation.

Cyclobutene is a cycloalkene.

Diphenyl carbonate is an acyclic carbonate ester.

Divinylbenzene (DVB) consists of a benzene ring bonded to two vinyl groups.

Neopentyl glycol (IUPAC name: 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diol) is an organic chemical compound.

Cyclopentene is a chemical compound with the formula C5H8.

Dicyclopentadiene, abbreviated DCPD, is a chemical compound with formula C10H12.

Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) is an ester of methacrylic acid and a common monomer used in the creation of epoxy resins.

2,5-Diaminotoluene is an organic compound with the formula C6H3(NH2)2CH3.

Ethylene glycol dimethylacrylate (EGDMA) is a diester formed by condensation of two equivalents of methacrylic acid and one equivalent of ethylene glycol.

ε-Caprolactone or simply caprolactone is a cyclic ester, a member of the lactone family, with a seven-membered ring with the formula (CH2)5CO2.

Cycloheptene is a 7-membered cycloalkene with a flash point of -6.

Sebacoyl chloride (or sebacoyl dichloride) is a di-acyl chloride, with formula C10H16Cl2O2.

N-Vinylcarbazole is an organic compound used as a monomer in the production of poly(vinylcarbazole), a conductive polymer, in which conductivity is photon-dependent.

1,8-Octanediol, also known as octamethylene glycol, is a diol with the molecular formula HO(CH2)8OH.

Ethyl acrylate is an organic compound with the formula CH2CHCO2CH2CH3.

Methyl acrylate is an organic compound, more accuratly the methyl ester of acrylic acid.

Norbornene or norbornylene or norcamphene is a bridged cyclic hydrocarbon.

Methacrolein, or methacrylaldehyde, is an unsaturated aldehyde.

Lactide is the cyclic di-ester of lactic acid, i.

Dimethyldiethoxysilane, sometimes abbreviated DMDEOS or DMDES, is an organosilicon compound.

n-Butyl cyanoacrylate (n-BCA, NBCA), a cyanoacrylate ester, is a butyl ester of 2-cyano-2-propenoic acid.