text: The homopolymers of acrylate esters (e.g., butyl acrylate) have few applications.  Copolymers however have many applications/  They are produced by copolymerization of alkyl acrylates and one or more of the following comonomers methyl methacrylate, styrene, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, and butadiene.