chlorinated cycloaliphatic acrylate compositions are prepared by the reaction of chlorine at a temperature in the range from - 30 ° c . to 50 ° c . with compositions made by reacting acrylic acid with crude dicyclopentadiene in the presence of a friedel - crafts catalyst such as bf 3 . the chlorinated compositions have a pleasant fruity odor and are useful to make homopolymers or copolymers which find use as metal coatings , inks , ultraviolet light curable coatings and the like .