DMPA is an odorless free flowing white crystalline solid and essentially non-toxic.

DMPA has two different functional groups hydroxyl and carboxylic acid so the molecule can be used for a wide variety of syntheses.

In addition to reaction with other chemicals, DMPA can also react with itself to produce esters via esterification, as one example.

Repeating this reaction step, produces one more shell each time and thus the molecule grows.

If at the end the hydroxyl groups are reacted with a bifunctional component, dendrimeric UV binders can be produced, for example.