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2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate

≥99%, contains ≤50 ppm monomethyl ether hydroquinone as inhibitor

Synonym(s):

1,2-Ethanediol mono(2-methylpropenoate), Glycol methacrylate, HEMA

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Linear Formula:
CH2=C(CH3)COOCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
130.14
Beilstein:
1071583
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

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vapor density

5 (vs air)

Quality Level

vapor pressure

0.01 mmHg ( 25 °C)

Assay

≥99%

contains

≤50 ppm monomethyl ether hydroquinone as inhibitor

refractive index

n20/D 1.453 (lit.)

bp

67 °C/3.5 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.073 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CC(=C)C(=O)OCCO

InChI

1S/C6H10O3/c1-5(2)6(8)9-4-3-7/h7H,1,3-4H2,2H3

InChI key

WOBHKFSMXKNTIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) is biocompatible in nature. Polymeric hydrogel scaffold can be produced by polymerizing HEMA in water.[1]

Application

A polymeric hydrogel for drug delivery.[2] Patent has been applied for the development of artificial cornea or KPro, it is composed of pHEMA (polymerized from HEMA) and poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA). [3] HEMA may be used as a macromonomer for the synthesis of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate-poly(ε-caprolactone) (HEMA-PCL) by coordinated anionic ring opening polymerization (ROP). [4]

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

222.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

106 °C - closed cup


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Designing a gas foamed scaffold for keratoprosthesis
Zellander A, et al.
Materials Science and Engineering, C, 33(6), 3396-3403 (2013)
Synthesis of graft copolymers of poly(methacrylic acid)-g-poly(?-caprolactone) by coupling ROP and RAFT polymerizations
Kiehl J, et al.
Polymer, 53(3), 2012-2012 (2012)
Chiellini, F., et al.
Biomedical Polymers and Polymer Therapeutics, 63 (2001)
Hong Ying Li et al.
Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 24(8), 2001-2011 (2013-05-25)
Tissue engineered scaffolds and matrices have been investigated over the past decade for their potential in spinal cord repair. They provide a 3-D substrate that can be permissive for nerve regeneration yet have other roles including neuroprotection, altering the inflammatory
Jie Yin et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 24(40), 5441-5446 (2012-08-24)
Ordered herringbone patterns with deterministic long and short wavelengths are created using a sequential wrinkling strategy (SWS). Patterns with a prescribed zig-zag turning angle less than 90° are obtained upon sequential wrinkling of non-equi-biaxial prestrain for the first time. SWS

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