Hydroquinone → 2-Hydroxypropyl methacrylate

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Reaction Steps

2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate was prepared in the same apparatus and under the same reaction conditions as described in Example 5 by reacting, hourly, a mixture of 930 g methacrylic acid, 830 g proplyene oxide, 28.8 g N,N-dimethylaminoethanol, 9.3 g i-amyl nitrite and 0.93 g hydroquinone at a temperature of 100° C. After 8 hours of continuous operation, the reactor was free of polymer.

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