Vinyl acetate

The acetate-bearing comonomer used with ethene to make EVA.

Formula
C4H6O2
Functional group
Alkene and ester
Molar mass
86.09 g/mol
Also known as
ethenyl ethanoate, vinyl acetate monomer, VAM

Overview

Ethenyl ethanoate / VAM

The acetate-bearing comonomer used with ethene to make EVA.

Its vinyl double bond can join a growing chain while the acetate group remains attached to the backbone. It is a starting molecule for polymer manufacture, not a substance added directly to a finished shoe. Its industrial feedstock trace combines ethene, ethanoic acid and oxygen. This unsaturated ester is not interchangeable with ethyl ethanoate.

Identifiers

Formula
C4H6O2
Functional group
Alkene and ester
Molar mass
86.09 g/mol
Also known as
ethenyl ethanoate, vinyl acetate monomer, VAM
Chemical identifiers
SMILES
C=COC(C)=O
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c1-3-6-4(2)5/h3H,1H2,2H3
PubChem CID
7904

Properties

Melting Point
-93.2 °C
Boiling Point
72.8 °C
Relative density (water = 1)
Relative density (water = 1): 0.93
Water solubility
Solubility in water, g/100ml at 20 °C: 2 (poor)

Related compounds

  • Alkenes

    The acetate-bearing comonomer used with ethene to make EVA.

  • Esters

    The acetate-bearing comonomer used with ethene to make EVA.

References

  1. Vinyl acetate monomerCelanese
  2. EVA product general extrusion guideCelanese
  3. Vinyl acetate monomer: reaction, feedstock recovery and refiningLOTTE INEOS Chemical
  4. PubChem: Vinyl acetateNational Center for Biotechnology Information

    Identity retrieved 2026-09-08; matched against the record's isomeric structure. Unspecified stereochemistry remains unspecified.

  5. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB): Vinyl acetate — melting pointHazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

    Retrieved through PubChem PUG View on 2026-09-08. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7904#section=Melting-Point. Source value, complete property clause or compact miscibility statement retained; absent pressure, temperature or phase conditions are not inferred. Original reference: Lide, D.R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 88TH Edition 2007-2008. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2007, p. 3-518

  6. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB): Vinyl acetate — boiling pointHazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

    Retrieved through PubChem PUG View on 2026-09-08. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7904#section=Boiling-Point. Source value, complete property clause or compact miscibility statement retained; absent pressure, temperature or phase conditions are not inferred. Original reference: Lide, D.R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 88TH Edition 2007-2008. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2007, p. 3-518

  7. ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs): Vinyl acetate — densityILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

    Retrieved through PubChem PUG View on 2026-09-08. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7904#section=Density. Source value, complete property clause or compact miscibility statement retained; absent pressure, temperature or phase conditions are not inferred.

  8. ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs): Vinyl acetate — solubilityILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

    Retrieved through PubChem PUG View on 2026-09-08. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/7904#section=Solubility. Source value, complete property clause or compact miscibility statement retained; absent pressure, temperature or phase conditions are not inferred.