Ethyl acrylate

Ethyl acrylate[1][2]

Names
Preferred IUPAC name

Ethyl prop-2-enoate

Other names

Ethyl propenoate
Ethyl acrylate
Acrylic acid ethyl ester
Ethyl ester of acrylic acid

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 140-88-5 Y

3D model (JSmol)

* Interactive image

ChEBI |

* CHEBI:82327 Y

ChEMBL |

* ChEMBL52084 Y

ChemSpider |

* 8490 Y

ECHA InfoCard | 100.004.945
EC Number |

* 205-438-8

KEGG |

* C19238 Y

PubChem CID

* 8821

RTECS number |

* AT0700000

UNII |

* 71E6178C9T Y

UN number | 1917

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

* DTXSID4020583

InChI

* InChI=1S/C5H8O2/c1-3-5(6)7-4-2/h3H,1,4H2,2H3 Y

Key: JIGUQPWFLRLWPJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y

* InChI=1/C5H8O2/c1-3-5(6)7-4-2/h3H,1,4H2,2H3

Key: JIGUQPWFLRLWPJ-UHFFFAOYAN

SMILES

* CCOC(=O)C=C

Properties

Chemical formula

| C5H8O2
Molar mass | 100.117 g·mol−1
Appearance  | Colorless liquid
Odor | Acrid[3]
Density | 0.9405 g/mL
Melting point | −71 °C (−96 °F; 202 K)
Boiling point | 99.4 °C (210.9 °F; 372.5 K)

Solubility in water

| 1.5 g/100 mL
Solubility | organic solvents
Vapor pressure | 29 mmHg (20°C)[3]
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):

Main hazards

| Carcinogenic
GHS labelling:

Pictograms

Signal word

| Danger

Hazard statements

| H225, H302, H312, H315, H317, H319, H332, H335

Precautionary statements

| P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P270, P271, P272, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P312, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P322, P330, P332+P313, P333+P313, P337+P313, P362, P363, P370+P378, P403+P233, P403+P235, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)  |

Flash point | 15 °C (59 °F; 288 K)
Explosive limits | 1.4%-14%[3]
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):

LC50 (median concentration)

| 2180 ppm (rat, 4 hr)
3894 ppm (mouse)[4]

LCLo (lowest published)

| 1204 ppm (rabbit, 7 hr)
1204 ppm (guinea pig, 7 hr)[4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):

PEL (Permissible)

| TWA 25 ppm (100 mg/m3) [skin][3]

REL (Recommended)

| Carcinogen[3]

IDLH (Immediate danger)

| Ca [300 ppm][3]

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

N verify (what is YN ?)

Infobox references

Chemical compound

Ethyl acrylate is an organic compound with the formula CH2CHCO2CH2CH3. It is the ethyl ester of acrylic acid. It is a colourless liquid with a characteristic acrid odor. It is mainly produced for paints, textiles, and non-woven fibers.[5] It is also a reagent in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical intermediates.

## Production

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Ethyl acrylate is produced by acid-catalysed esterification of acrylic acid, which in turn is produced by oxidation of propylene. It may also be prepared from acetylene, carbon monoxide and ethanol by a Reppe reaction. Commercial preparations contain a polymerization inhibitor such as hydroquinone, phenothiazine, or hydroquinone ethyl ether.[5]

## Reactions and uses

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### Precursor to polymers and other monomers

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Ethyl acrylate is used in the production of polymers including resins, plastics, rubber, and denture material.[6]

Ethyl acrylate is a reactant for homologous alkyl acrylates (acrylic esters) by transesterification with higher alcohols through acidic or basic catalysis. In that way speciality acrylates are made accessible, e.g. 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (from 2-ethylhexanol) used for pressure-sensitive adhesives, cyclohexyl acrylate (from cyclohexanol) used for automotive clear lacquers, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (from ethylene glycol) which is crosslinkable with diisocyanates to form gels used with long-chain acrylates (from C18+ alcohols)[7] as comonomer for comb polymers for reduction of the solidification point of paraffin oils and 2-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate (from dimethylaminoethanol[8]) for the preparation of flocculants for sewage clarification and paper production.

As a reactive monomer, ethyl acrylate is used in homopolymers and copolymers with e.g. ethene, acrylic acid and its salts, amides and esters, methacrylates, acrylonitrile, maleic esters, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, butadiene and unsaturated polyesters.[9] Copolymers of acrylic acid ethyl ester with ethene (EPA/ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymers) are suitable as adhesives and polymer additives, just like ethene vinyl acetate copolymers.[10] Copolymers with acrylic acid increase the cleaning effect of liquid detergents,[11] copolymers with methacrylic acid are used as gastric juices tablet covers (Eudragit).[12]

The large number of possible comonomer units and their combination in copolymers and terpolymers with ethyl acrylate allows the realization of different properties of the acrylate copolymers in a variety of applications in paints and adhesives, paper, textile and leather auxiliaries together with cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.

### As Michael acceptor and HX acceptor

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Ethyl acrylate reacts with amines catalyzed by Lewis acids in a Michael addition to β-alanine derivatives in high yields:[13]

The nucleophilic addition at ethyl acrylate as an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound is a frequent strategy in the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates. Examples are the hypnotic glutethimide or the vasodilator vincamin (obsolete by now)[14] or more recent therapeutics such as the COPD agent cilomilast or the nootropic leteprinim.[15]

Ethyl 3-bromopropionate is prepared by hydrobromination of ethyl acrylate.[16]

### Dienophile

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With dienes, ethyl acrylate reacts as a good dienophile in Diels–Alder reactions e.g. with buta-1,3-diene in a [4+2] cycloaddition reaction to give a cyclohexene carboxylic acid ester in a high yield.[17]

## Natural occurrence

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Ethyl acrylate is also used as a flavoring agent. It has been found as a volatile component in pineapples and Beaufort cheese[18] and is a secondary component in vanilla flavor obtained from heat extraction of vanilla in amounts of up to 1 ppm. In such high concentrations it negatively affects the extracted aroma.[19]

## Safety

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A railway tank car carrying ethyl acrylate, displaying hazardous materials information including a diamond-shaped U.S. DOT placard showing a UN number[20]

The International Agency for Research on Cancer stated, "Overall evaluation, ethyl acrylate is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B)."[21] The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states, "Human studies on occupational exposure to ethyl acrylate... have suggested a relationship between exposure to the chemical(s) and colorectal cancer, but the evidence is conflicting and inconclusive. In a study by the National Toxicology Program (NTP), increased incidence of squamous cell papillomas and carcinomas of the forestomach were observed in rats and mice exposed via gavage (experimentally placing the chemical in the stomach). However, the NTP recently determined that these data were not relevant to human carcinogenicity since humans do not have a forestomach, and removed ethyl acrylate from its list of carcinogens."[22] However, ethyl acrylate also increased the incidence of thyroid follicular cell adenoma in male mice, and thyroid follicular cell adenoma or carcinoma (combined) in male rats exposed through inhalation.[23]

It is possibly carcinogenic and it is toxic in large doses, with an LD50 (rats, oral) of 1020 mg/kg. As of October 2018, the FDA withdrew authorization for its use as a synthetic flavoring substance in food.[24]

One favorable safety aspect is that ethyl acrylate has good warning properties; the odor threshold is much lower than the concentration required to create an atmosphere immediately dangerous to life and health. Reports of the exact levels vary somewhat, but, for example, the EPA reports an odor threshold of 0.0012 parts per million (ppm),[22] but the EPA's lowest level of health concern, the Acute Exposure Guideline Level-1 (AEGL-1) is 8.3 ppm,[25] which is almost 7000 times the odor threshold.

However, as a possible carconigen, NIOSH maintains "that there is no safe level of exposure to a carcinogen. Reduction of worker exposure to chemical carcinogens as much as possible through elimination or substitution and engineering controls is the primary way to prevent occupational cancer."[26]

## References

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1. ^ Merck Index, 11th Edition, 3715.
2. ^ Ethyl acrylate Datasheet at Inchem.org
3. ^ a b c d e f NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0261". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
4. ^ a b "Ethyl acrylate". Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
5. ^ a b Ohara, Takashi; Sato, Takahisa; Shimizu, Noboru; Prescher, Günter; Schwind, Helmut; Weiberg, Otto; Marten, Klaus; Greim, Helmut; Shaffer, Timothy D.; Nandi, Partha (2020). "Acrylic Acid and Derivatives". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. pp. 1–21\. doi:10.1002/14356007.a01_161.pub4. ISBN 9783527303854.
6. ^ Ethyl acrylate Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
7. ^ WO 1999031042, J.-M. Paul, J.-P. Gamet, "Method for conditioning long chain alkyl acrylates", published 1995-06-24, assigned to Elf Atochem S.A.
8. ^ EP 1284954, Gerhard Nestler, Jürgen Schröder, "Verfahren zur herstellung von estern ungesättigter carbonsäuren", published 2003-02-26, assigned to BASF Aktiengesellschaft
9. ^ "Technical Data Sheet – Ethyl Acrylate" (PDF). dow.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
10. ^ "DuPont Elvaloy AC Products and Properties". dupont.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
11. ^ US 5409629, Jan E. Shulman, Charles E. Jones, "Use of acrylic acid/ethyl acrylate copolymers for enhanced clay soil removal in liquid laundry detergents", published 1995-04-25, assigned to Rohm and Haas Company
12. ^ "EUDRAGIT L 100-55 - EUDRAGIT - Targeted Drug Release and Tailored Service". evonik.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-12. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
13. ^ Jose Cabral, Pierre Laszlo, Loïc Mahé, Marie-Thérèse Montaufier, S. Lalatiana Randriamahefa (1989), "Catalysis of the specific Michael addition: The example of acrylate acceptors", Tetrahedron Letters (in German), vol. 30, no. 30, pp. 3969–3972, doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99297-9`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
14. ^ Pharmazeutische Wirkstoffe: Synthesen, Patente, Anwendungen; von A. Kleemann u. J. Engel; 2., neubearb. u. erw. Aufl.; Stuttgart, New York; Thieme; 1982, ISBN 3-13-558402-X
15. ^ D. Lednicer, The Organic Chemistry of Drug Synthesis, Volume 7, J. Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-10750-8
16. ^ Mozingo, Ralph; Patterson, L. A. (1940). "Methyl β-Bromopropionate". Organic Syntheses. 20: 64. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.020.0064.
17. ^ K.P.C. Vollhardt, N.E. Schore, Organische Chemie, 5. Aufl., Wiley-VCH, 2012, ISBN 978-3-527-33250-2
18. ^ "Ethyl Acrylate" (PDF; 43 kB). iarc.fr. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
19. ^ Sensory-Directed Flavor Analysis, Ray Marsili edit., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, 2007, ISBN 1-57444-568-5
20. ^ Beaucham, Catherine C. (August 2023). "Evaluation of Potential Exposures to Railway Hazardous Material Inspectors" (PDF). U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Health Hazard Evaluation Report). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
21. ^ IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Volume 71, International Agency for Research on Cancer (1999)
22. ^ a b EPA Technology Transfer Network, Air Toxics Web Site Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, United States Environmental Protection Agency (accessed 2008)
23. ^ Kromhout, Hans; Friesen, Melissa; Marques, M Mathilde; Sergi, Consolato Maria; Abdallah, Mohamed; Benke, Geza; Cesta, Mark; Germolec, Dori; Houck, Keith; Ichihara, Gaku; Jameson, Charles William; Kanno, Jun; Pogribny, Igor; Svendsen, Camilla; Benbrahim-Tallaa, Lamia (2018-08-01). "Carcinogenicity of isobutyl nitrite, β-picoline, and some acrylates". The Lancet Oncology. 19 (8): 1020–1022\. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30491-1. ISSN 1470-2045. PMID 30700372.
24. ^ 83 FR 50490
25. ^ "Ethyl acrylate". Acute Exposure Guideline Levels. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
26. ^ "Occupational Cancer - NIOSH Chemical Carcinogen Policy | NIOSH | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

## External links

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* CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Ethyl Acrylate

*[CID]: Compound ID
*[EPA]: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
*[H225]: H225: Highly flammable liquid and vapour
*[H302]: H302: Harmful if swallowed
*[H312]: H312: Harmful in contact with skin
*[H315]: H315: Causes skin irritation
*[H317]: H317: May cause an allergic skin reaction
*[H319]: H319: Causes serious eye irritation
*[H332]: H332: Harmful if inhaled
*[H335]: H335: May cause respiratory irritation
*[P210]: P210: Keep away from heat, hot surfaces, sparks, open flames and other ignition sources. No smoking.
*[P233]: P233: Keep container tightly closed.
*[P240]: P240: Ground and bond container and receiving equipment.
*[P241]: P241: Use explosion-proof electrical/ventilating/light/.../equipment.
*[P242]: P242: Use only non-sparking tools.
*[P243]: P243: Take precautionary measures to prevent static discharges.
*[P261]: P261: Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.
*[P264]: P264: Wash ... thoroughly after handling.
*[P270]: P270: Do not eat, drink or smoke when using this product.
*[P271]: P271: Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
*[P272]: P272: Contaminated work clothing should not be allowed out of the workplace.
*[P280]: P280: Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.
*[P301+P312]: P301+P312: IF SWALLOWED: Call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician if you feel unwell.
*[P302+P352]: P302+P352: IF ON SKIN: Wash with soap and water.
*[P303+P361+P353]: P303+P361+P353: IF ON SKIN (or hair): Remove/Take off immediately all contaminated clothing. Rinse skin with water [or shower].
*[P304+P312]: P304+P312: IF INHALED: Call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician if you feel unwell.
*[P304+P340]: P304+P340: IF INHALED: Remove victim to fresh air and keep at rest in a position comfortable for breathing.
*[P305+P351+P338]: P305+P351+P338: IF IN EYES: Rinse continuously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.
*[P312]: P312: Call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician if you feel unwell.
*[P321]: P321: Specific treatment (see ... on this label).
*[P322]: P322: Specific measures (see ... on this label).
*[P330]: P330: Rinse mouth.
*[P332+P313]: P332+P313: If skin irritation occurs: Get medical advice/attention.
*[P333+P313]: P333+P313: If skin irritation or a rash occurs: Get medical advice/attention.
*[P337+P313]: P337+P313: If eye irritation persists: Get medical advice/attention.
*[P362]: P362: Take off contaminated clothing.
*[P363]: P363: Wash contaminated clothing before reuse.
*[P370+P378]: P370+P378: In case of fire: Use ... to extinguish.
*[P403+P233]: P403+P233: Store in a well ventilated place. Keep container tightly closed.
*[P403+P235]: P403+P235: Store in a well ventilated place. Keep cool.
*[P405]: P405: Store locked up.
*[P501]: P501: Dispose of contents/container to ...