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Syntheses and radical polymerizations of novel ethylene 2‐trifluoromethylacrylate [(CH2C(CF3)COOCH2CH2OCOC(CF3)CH2] was examined in the presence of 1,4‐dioxane to afford a polymer possessing the molecular weight of as high as 5.6 × 104 possessing 1,4‐dioxane moieties in side chains although radical addition polymerization of 2‐trifluoromethylacrylate hardly takes place. The 5 wt % loss temperature of the polymer was 309 °C determined by thermogravimetric analysis.