N-Butoxymethylacrylamide

N-Butoxymethylacrylamide (CAS 1852-16-0) is a reactive acrylamide monomer used in the synthesis of crosslinkable polymers and copolymer systems.

Where is N-Butoxymethylacrylamide used?

• Textile and leather finishing: incorporated into coating formulations to improve wash fastness
• It also enhances abrasion resistance and substrate adhesion after curing.
• Paper: wet-strength resins and surface sizing agents where controlled crosslink density is critical to performance
• Printing and packaging: reactive monomer in UV- or heat-curable binder systems
• Plastics and polymer producers: comonomer introducing latent crosslinking functionality into acrylic dispersions

Good to know: The butoxymethyl group enables thermally activated self-crosslinking, allowing formulators to build durable, cured networks without external crosslinker additions.

Commercial specifications

• Monomer purity, inhibitor content and residual butanol levels relevant to copolymerization performance
• Packaging from small drums to bulk quantities depending on production volumes