Stabilized carbon nucleophiles acrylic acid derivatives

Alkenes conjugated with carbonyl groups, such as acrylates (derivatives of acrylic acid), are easily polymerized by a variety of mechanisms. Indeed, these compounds are often difficult to store because they polymerize spontaneously when traces of weak nucleophiles (even water) or radicals (even oxygen) are present. Radical polymerization occurs very easily because the intermediate carbon radical is stabilized by conjugation with the carbonyl group. 

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