left, 144px, Vinyl acetate is a commercially important monomer that is classified as a vinyl ester (i.e. an ester of vinyl alcohol). Vinyl ester refers to

ester In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an oxoacid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one hydroxyl group () is replaced by an alkoxy group (), as in the substitution reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. Glycerides ar ...

s formerly derived from

vinyl alcohol Vinyl alcohol, also called ethenol (IUPAC name; not ethanol), is the simplest enol. With the formula , it is a labile compound that converts to acetaldehyde. It is not a precursor to polyvinyl alcohol. Synthesis Vinyl alcohol can be formed by th ...

. Commercially important examples of these monomers are

vinyl acetate Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate and ethene-vinyl acetate copolymers, important industrial polymers. Production The worldwide production capacity of v ...

vinyl propionate Vinyl propionate is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the ester of propionic acid and vinyl alcohol. It is used to produce poly(vinyl propionate) as well as copolymers with acrylate esters, vinyl ch ...

, and

vinyl laurate Vinyl may refer to: Chemistry * Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer * Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation * Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry * Vinyl polymer, a group of polymers derived from vinyl m ...

.{{cite encyclopedia, author=G. Roscher, title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, chapter=Vinyl Esters, encyclopedia=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, year=2007, publisher=Wiley-VCH, location=Weinheim, doi=10.1002/14356007.a27_419, isbn=978-3527306732

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Monomers Commodity chemicals Vinyl compounds