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Synfacts 2010(11): 1249-1249  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258742
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Novel Adhesive via Cyclotrimerization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Stefanie A. Sydlik
L. R. Cambrea, M. C. Davis*, T. J. Groshens, A. J. Guenthner, K. R. Lamison, J. M. Mabry
Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake and Edwards Air Force Base, USA
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21 October 2010 (online)

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The authors synthesize a novel, high-performance tricyanate ester adhesive (4) in 63% overall yield. The key step in the monomer synthesis was the conversion of 2 into 3 using ­Elghamry’s cyclotrimerization conditions.