AbstractIn a continuation of our studies on nonconjugated dienes containing electron donor–electron acceptor systems which may function as model crosslinking monomers, we here report the synthesis of the series, 2‐, 3‐, and 4‐(2‐vinyloxyethoxy)styrenes. The dipole moments μ, infrared and ultraviolet absorption properties, refractive indicesnD30, molar refractions (MRD), and optical exaltations of the compounds were determined. In order to establish whether any intramolecular electronic interactions, e.g., intramolecular charge‐transfer complexes, contribute to the structure and properties of these compounds, 2‐ and 4‐(2‐ethoxyethoxy)styrenes were also prepared, and their properties compared with those of the vinyloxy series. While there are differences in certain of the properties of these two groups of monomers, these differences are not sufficiently large to permit definite correlations with the pro