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Answer for the clue "A salt or ester of propenoic acid ", 8 letters:
acrylate

Word definitions for acrylate in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acrylates are the salts , esters , and conjugate bases of acrylic acid and its derivatives . They are also known as propenoates (since acrylic acid is also known as 2-propenoic acid). The acrylate ion has the molecular formula C H =CHC OO . Acrylates contain ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) Any salt or ester of acrylic acid.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a salt or ester of propenoic acid [syn: propenoate ]

Usage examples of acrylate.

The taillight is made out of methyl acrylate like most of them are these days, but we were able to fracture-match pieces back to the single unit you removed from your Mercedes.