Process for the preparation of halogenated (meth)acrylic esters and poly (meth) arcylates obtained with said (meth)acrylic esters

摘要

The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of (meth)acrylates of halogenated alcohols by direct esterification of said alcohols with (meth)acrylic acid (chloride) wherein at least 2,6-substituted pyridine derivative is used as a polymerization inhibitor at room temperature or lower. Suitable at least 2,6-substituted pyridine derivatives are 2,6-lutidine, 2,4,6-collidine or 2,6-di-tert.butyl-4-methyl pyridine. With the halogenated (meth)acrylate esters prepared with the process according to the invention, very pure homo- and copolymers can be prepared, resulting in polymers having a low optical loss of 0.1 dB/cm or lower at 1300 nm and lower than 0.4 dB/cm at 1550 nm.