Syntheses and Properties of Novel Vinyl Monomers Bearing a Glycoside Residue.

Novel acrylic monomers bearing a monosaccharide residue were synthesized in reactions of some methyl glycosides with 2-hydroxylethyl acrylate or methacrylate in the presence of heteropoly acid. All of them were highly soluble in water and readily polymerized by radical initiators.