Acrylic acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula C3H4O2. It is a colorless, volatile, liquid with a distinctly sharp, unpleasant odor. Chemically, it is the simplest unsaturated carboxylic acid and is formed during the catalytic oxidation of propylene. It has a hydroxyl group (-OH) and a vinyl group (-CH=CH2) which enable it to act as a monomer in many polymerization reactions....