Method for producing monomers from isomeric mixtures
A process produces a (meth)acrylate ester mixture. The process includes reacting a glycerol formal isomer mixture with an alkyl (meth)acrylate in the presence of a catalyst.
1. A process for producing a (meth)acrylate ester mixture, the process comprising:
reacting a glycerol formal isomer mixture with an alkyl (meth)acrylate in the presence of a catalyst.
2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein
the glycerol formal isomer mixture is a mixture having an isomer ratio of 5-membered ring isomer to 6-membered ring isomer of 20:80 to 70:30.
3. The process according to claim 2 , wherein
a homopolymer, comprising reacted units of at least one (meth)acrylate ester isomer from the (meth)acrylate ester mixture, has a glass transition temperature Tg of from 75° C. and 90° C.
4. The process according to claim 1 , wherein
the catalyst is at least one member selected from the group consisting of a titanium alkoxide, a zirconium complex, a tin compound, and a mixture of lithium hydroxide and calcium oxide.
5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein
said reacting is performed at a temperature of from 30° C. and 180° C.
6. A (meth)acrylate ester mixture obtained by a process according to claim 1 , wherein the (meth)acrylate ester has a vapor pressure of from 0.001 and 5 hPa which comprises (meth)acrylic esters of hydroxyl-substituted dioxanes and hydroxyl-substituted dioxolanes.
7. A process of producing a polymer, the process comprising:
polymerizing the (meth)acrylate ester mixture according to claim 6 .