Acrylic Acid → Zirconium(4+) tetraprop-2-enoate

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Into the flask described hereinabove there were placed 509.3 g of zirconium tetrabutanolate, 498.6 g of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and 2.8 g of 4-methoxyphenol. To this mixture there were quickly added in drops using a dropping funnel 382.7 grams of acrylic acid. The temperature thereby increased to 45° C. The product remained liquid and stable so that it could be heated to 90° C. during 30 minutes. The co-product butanol was expelled during 1 hour using vacuum up to 200 mbar.

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