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Acrylate
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<p>Acrylates (<a href="/facts/IUPAC/2AV6myCK">IUPAC</a>: prop-2-enoates) are the <a href="/facts/Salt_(chemistry)/lsSKwGpn">salts</a>, <a href="/facts/Ester/FoUAIIw4">esters</a>, and <a href="/facts/Conjugate_base/hohgQ07M">conjugate bases</a> of <a href="/facts/Acrylic_acid/x2l3lrI2">acrylic acid</a>. The acrylate ion is the anion CH2=CHCO−2. Often, acrylate refers to <a href="/facts/Ester/FoUAIIw4">esters</a> of acrylic acid, the most common member being <a href="/facts/Methyl_acrylate/nF6DxbLb">methyl acrylate</a>. These acrylates contain <a href="/facts/Vinyl_group/SyXSgVnw">vinyl groups</a>. These compounds are of interest because they are <a href="/facts/Bifunctional/v0uJeNGE">bifunctional</a>: the vinyl group is susceptible to polymerization and the carboxylate group carries myriad functionalities. </p>