Dihydrodicyclopentadienyl acrylate (DCPA) Acrylic acid ester 12542-30-2 BASF Specialty Monomers Acrylic Monomers >> Reactive / Multifunctional (MFM) Acrylic acid ester for manufacturing polymers and for use as a feedstock for syntheses. Dihydrodicyclopentadienyl acrylate forms homopolymers and copolymers. Copolymers of Dihydrodicyclopentadienyl acrylatee can be prepared with acrylic acid and its salts, amides and esters, and with methacrylates, acrylonitrile, maleic acid esters, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, styrene, butadiene, unsaturated polyesters and drying oils, etc. Dihydrodicyclopentadienyl acrylate is also a very useful feedstock for chemical syntheses, because it readily undergoes addition reactions with a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds. Acrylic acid ester.