Vinyl monomers from 12‐hydroxy stearic acid

Sixteen different vinyl monomers were synthesised, based on 12‐hydroxy stearic acid in high purity. These include allyl, acrylic and methacrylic esters. These monomers were characterised by infra red spectroscopy and their purity was checked by chromatographic techniques. Boiling/melting points, refractive indices and iodine values of the products have been determined.