Abstract: A process produces a (meth)acrylate ester mixture. The process includes reacting a glycerol formal isomer mixture with an alkyl (meth)acrylate in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: A process produces a (meth)acrylate ester mixture. The process includes reacting a glycerol formal isomer mixture with an alkyl (meth)acrylate in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyzes the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2 ??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3 ??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2 ??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyses the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyzes the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Process for preparing (meth)acrylates of the formula (I) CH2?C(R1)—CO—O—R2 ??(I) in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl and R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or cyclic alkyl radical having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, or a (C6-C14)-aryl-(C1-C8)-alkyl radical; by reacting a (meth)acrylate of the formula II CH2?C(R1)—CO—OR3 ??(II) with an alcohol of the formula (III) HO—R2 ??(III) in the presence of an amount of a suitable catalyst which catalyses the reaction and of an amount of a phenolic polymerization inhibitor or a combination of two or more phenolic polymerization inhibitors which is sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization; the reaction being undertaken with input or introduction into the reaction mixture resulting from the reaction of an amount of oxygen or of an oxygenous gas mixture sufficient to inhibit undesired polymerization, and the process is characterized in that the specific total oxygen input is less than or equal to 1.

Abstract: Acrylic or methacrylic acid esters may be efficiently prepared by the transesterification of a C1 to C4 alcohol ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid and a different alcohol in the presence of a mixture of a) an alkali metal cyanate or alkali metal thiocyanate, and b) an alkaline earth metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide or an alkali metal halide.

Abstract: Acrylic or methacrylic acid esters may be efficiently prepared by the transesterification of a C1 to C4 alcohol ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid and a different alcohol in the presence of a mixture of a) an alkali metal cyanate or alkali metal thiocyanate, and b) an alkaline earth metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide or an alkali metal halide.

Abstract: A catalytic process for the preparation of (meth)acrylic acid esters of formula (I), in which R1 is H or CH.sub.3 and A and B are unbranched or branched alkylene groups with 2 to 5 C-atoms, by reaction of (meth)acrylic acid esters of formula (II), in which R.sub.2 is an alkyl group of in particular 1 to 4 C-atoms, and alcohols of formula (III) in the presence of a maximum of 250 ppm Ca(OH).sub.2 as the catalyst. After reaction the catalyst can be separated from the reaction mixture by filtration.