c o the monomer compounds of the invention are easily prepared through two routes utilizing readily available and inexpensive starting materials in one route an amino acetaldehyde acetal is reacted with allyl chloride under basic conditions to give an n allyl n dialkoxyethyl amine which is optionally further reacted with an acylating agent to give an n allyl n dialkoxyethyl amide alternatively a chloroacetaldehyde acetal is reacted under mildly basic conditions with an allyl amine to give an n allyl n dialkoxyethyl amine which is optionally further reacted with an acylating agent to give an n allyl n dialkoxyethyl amide the acetals used as starting materials can be prepared by standard organic synthesis methods for example u s pat nos 4 642 389 and 4 642 390 issued to neigel disclose methods of manufacture of acetals suitable for starting materials the reactions for the synthesis of the amine and amide monomers can be carried out neat or in any solvent suitable to the reactant compounds and product if solvents are used solvents suitable for the amine synthesis are polar solvents preferably water or isopropanol and solvents suitable for the amide synthesis are nonpolar solvents preferably diethyl ether or toluene the resulting monomers are liquids stable at room temperature or at moderately elevated temperatures lt 50 u00b0 c without the need for the addition of inhibitors to prevent homopolymerization in another embodiment the n allyl n dialkoxyethyl amines or amides can be copolymerized.