Poly(methyl methacrylate)
C5H9O2101.12 g/mol Calculated
Also called PMMA, Acrylglas, Plexiglas and Altuglass.
Acrylic glass: Plexiglas and Perspex. It is clearer than window glass, half the weight, and the material of aquarium walls and bone cement.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Other namesfrom sourceWikidataIts English label and aliases on Wikidata.
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product. Poly(methyl methacrylate) on our curated lists.
Household
Paint and solventAdded by the maker
Sources and notes
- Our curated lists and their amountsfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach amount is an editorial figure from our food and drink lists, not a measurement of any one product.
- How it gets therefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedEach mark is set by hand on our lists, never inferred; a label's ingredient is added by the maker. A row with no mark data says Not marked.
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Explore its structure
Choose a part to light it up.
A C=O joined through an oxygen to another carbon, the link an acid and an alcohol make when they combine. Water can split it back into the two.
From: standard chemistry.
Sources and notes
- The drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKitThe page's one shipped drawing, with the chosen part lit in amber under it.
- The partscomputedFound by ruleEach part is found by a chemical pattern, never picked by hand atom by atom; its words say where they come from.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- C5H9O2
- Molecular weight
- 101.12 g/mol
- XLogP3octanol/water, log units
- 1.2
- Polar surface areatopological
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 2
- Complexity
- 66
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Polymers
- Chemical groups
- Esters
- Product lists
- Paint and solvent
SMILES
C[C](C)C(=O)OCPubChem CID 3032549 · Wikidata Q146123 · InChIKey PMAMJWJDBDSDHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Poly(methyl methacrylate)?
- Acrylic glass: Plexiglas and Perspex. It is clearer than window glass, half the weight, and the material of aquarium walls and bone cement.
- Where is Poly(methyl methacrylate) found?
- Poly(methyl methacrylate) is in these product groups: paint and solvent. from source
- What kind of molecule is Poly(methyl methacrylate)?
- Poly(methyl methacrylate) has the formula C5H9O2 and a molecular weight of 101.12 g/mol. MoleculeFinder files it under polymers, in the element & material group. from sourcefrom sourcefrom sourcefrom source
- What else is Poly(methyl methacrylate) called?
- Poly(methyl methacrylate) is also called PMMA, Acrylglas, Plexiglas and Altuglass. from source
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09
Keep exploring
Sources and notes
- Similar in shapecomputedRDKit Morgan/TanimotoNeighbours by structural fingerprint; the sentence names the chemical groups the two share.
- The drawingscomputedPubChem structures, drawn by RDKit