Patent ID: 8278077

Claim:
A process for preparing a (meth)acrylic ester (F), comprising: subjecting (C) propargyl alcohol or a mono- or di-ethoxylated product thereof, or a mixture thereof, to transesterification with (D) at least one (meth)acrylic ester, in the presence of (E) a lipase B from Candida antarctica , wherein the (meth)acrylic ester (D) comprises a saturated C 1 -C 10 alkyl ester or C 3 -C 12 cycloalkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid, and the molar ratio of the (meth)acrylic ester (D), based on (meth)acrylic units, to the (C) propargyl alcohol or a mono- or di-ethoxylated product thereof, or a mixture thereof, based on hydroxyl groups, is from 20:1 to 1:1.