Isopropanol → Prop-2-enoic acid--6-methylheptyl prop-2-enoate (1/1)

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Isooctyl acrylate (173.9 g), acrylic acid (11.1 g) azobisisobutyronitrile (0.37 g), ethyl acetate (313.425 g) and isopropanol (1.575 g) were placed in a 1 quart (946 mL) bottle. The mixture was deoxygenated by purging with nitrogen (1L/min) for 2 minutes. The bottle was sealed and placed in a 55° C. rotating water bath for 24 hours to effect essentially complete polymerization. The inherent viscosity in ethyl acetate was 0.97 deciliter/gram.

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