Acrylic Acid - Substituents

Substituents

As a substituent acrylic acid can be found as an acyl group or a carboxyalkyl group depending on the removal of the group from the molecule. More specifically these are:

1. The acryloyl group, with the removal of the -OH from carbon-1.
2. The 2-carboxyethenyl group, with the removal of a -H from carbon-3. This substituent group is found in chlorophyll.