Containing both an epoxide and an acrylate groups, the molecule is bifunctional.

It is a common monomer used in the production of epoxy resins.

While typical home epoxies contain diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), glycidyl methacrylate is instead used to provide epoxy functionalization to polyolefins and other acrylate resins.

Glycidyl methacrylate is produced by several companies worldwide, including Dow Chemical.

[2] It is used to prepare a range of composites.