Energy curable high reactivity multi vinylether or acrylate functional resins

A process for preparing a polyfunctional acrylate molecule, the process comprising

• contacting in a solvent a heteroatom-containing polyol with an acrylate in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction mixture;
• and
• heating the reaction mixture under azeotropic reflux conditions to form an alcohol or water from the reaction mixture;
• wherein:
• the alcohol or water is removed from the reaction mixture under the azeotropic reflux conditions;
• and
• the polyfunctional acrylate molecule is a molecule of formula (II):
• wherein
• G is S or N;
• each A is independently a C1-C10 alkylene group;
• each D is independently S, O, or NR10, wherein R10 has the structure:
• each x is independently an integer from 0 to 10;
• each n is independently an integer from 0 to 20;
• and
• z is 2 when G is S or z is 3 when G is N.