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(Hydroxyethyl)methacrylate

(Hydroxyethyl)methacrylate
Skeletal formula of Hydroxyethyl methacrylate
Ball-and-stick model of the hydroxyethyl methacrylate molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2-Hydroxyethyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate
Other names
HEMA; hydroxyethylmethacrylate; glycol methacrylate; glycol monomethacrylate; hydroxyethyl methacrylate; ethylene glycol methacrylate; 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethanol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1071583
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.011.621 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 212-782-2
936557
KEGG
RTECS number
  • OZ4725000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6H10O3/c1-5(2)6(8)9-4-3-7/h7H,1,3-4H2,2H3 checkY
    Key: WOBHKFSMXKNTIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C6H10O3/c1-5(2)6(8)9-4-3-7/h7H,1,3-4H2,2H3
    Key: WOBHKFSMXKNTIM-UHFFFAOYAH
  • O=C(OCCO)\C(=C)C
  • CC(=C)C(=O)OCCO
Properties
C6H10O3
Molar mass 130.143 g·mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Density 1.07 g/cm3
Melting point −99 °C (−146 °F; 174 K)[2]
Boiling point 213 °C (415 °F; 486 K)[2]
miscible
log P 0.50[1]
Vapor pressure 0.08 hPa
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Eye irritation
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H315, H317, H319
P261, P264, P272, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P313, P333+P313, P337+P313, P362, P363, P501
Flash point 97 °C (207 °F; 370 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Hydroxyethylmethacrylate (also known as glycol methacrylate)[3][4] is the organic compound with the chemical formula H2C\dC(CH3)CO2CH2CH2OH. It is a colorless viscous liquid that readily polymerizes. Hydroxyethylmethacrylate is a monomer that is used to make various polymers.

  1. ^ "2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate_msds". ChemSrc: A Smart Chem-Search Engine.
  2. ^ a b "GPS Safety Summary 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA)". July 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gerrits_1996 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cole_1974 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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