Cyclohexyl acrylate

Uses

Cyclohexyl acrylate is commonly used in industrial and scientific laboratory research. Examples include phase behaviour studies of binary and ternary mixtures of poly(cyclohexyl acrylate) and poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate) in supercritical CO2^[1]. As well as kinetic modelling studies of the ester exchange reaction between cyclohexyl acrylate and n-butanol^[2], and so on.

Synthesis

Cyclohexyl acrylate is prepared by the reaction of acrylic acid methyl ester and cyclohexanol.

References

[1] BYUN H S. Phase behavior on the binary and ternary mixtures of poly(cyclohexyl acrylate) and poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate) in supercritical CO2[J]. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2004. DOI:10.1002/app.21010.
[2] BASUDEB SAHA; Michael S. Transesterification of cyclohexyl acrylate with n-butanol and 2-ethylhexanol: acid-treated clay, ion exchange resins and tetrabutyl titanate as catalysts[J]. Reactive & Functional Polymers, 1999. DOI:10.1016/S1381-5148(98)00004-2.