72 7 productdcpd 823 80 g overhead 469 81 g 27 3 producttotal 1727 50 g total 1718 79 g______________________________________ 706 4 of the stripper bottoms were placed in a one gallon glass bottle stirred and heated to 70 u00b0 c 689 6 g of 70 u00b0 c deionized water were added and the mixture was stirred for five minutes excellent phase separations were obtained with separation times of 3 to 3 5 minutes the washing was repeated three times and 689 g of wet dicyclopentadiene acrylate concentrate were obtained this material was dried in a two liter flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar at room temperature at 12 mm hg loss was 13 65 g or 1 98 giving 675 35 g of a bright clear liquid with the following properties ______________________________________gardner color 6 7viscosity 22 cps 24 u00b0 c boron 2 ppmdicyclopentadiene acrylate 83 6 dcpda polycyclopentadienyl acrylates 12 6 copolymers of acrylic acid 1 0 polyacrylates 2 8 ______________________________________ similar results are obtained when the acrylic acid is replaced with methacrylic acid using the identical procedure and conditions but using a dcpd concentrate as feedstock the following results were obtained ______________________________________conversions 99 7 based on dcpd gardner color 9 10viscosity 63 9 cps 24 u00b0 c dicyclopentadiene acrylate 72.