2-EHMA – is a clear, colorless liquid with an ester like odor and miscible in organic solvents. EHMA forms homopolymers and copolymers. Copolymers of EHMA can be prepared with (meth)acrylic acid and its salts, amides and esters, and with (meth)acrylates, acrylonitrile, maleic acid esters, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, butadiene, unsaturated polyesters and drying oils, etc. EHMA is also a very useful feedstock for chemical syntheses, because it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds. EHMA is a monofunctional monomer with a characteristic high reactivity and a branched hydrophobic moiety.