Acrylate monomers from olefins via tertiary butyl hypochlorite

摘要

AbstractA variety of olefins were readily converted to acrylate monomers by combining them witht‐butyl hypochlorite and acrylic or methacrylic acid at 25–65°C. The predominate product was the vicinal acyloxychloro derivative formed by addition at the olefinic double bond. By‐products were the vicinal butoxychloro derivative and the still unsaturated chlorinated olefin. The main reaction was shown to occur by an ionic mechanism. 2‐Chloro‐1‐methyl propyl methacrylate was isolated and identified as the main product of the reaction of 2‐butene, methacrylic acid, andt‐butyl hypochlorite. The crude olefin products readily homopolymerized and copolymerized with other vinyl monomers by incorporating free‐