 Ethyl methacrylate (source code)

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= Ethyl methacrylate
{title2=$\mathrm{CH_2{=}C(Me)CO_2Et}$}

$\mathrm{CH_2{=}C(Me)CO_2Et}$, an alpha-methyl-substituted acrylate. Conjugate addition installs a chain whose <carbon> next to the <ester> retains the methyl substituent.

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