Subsequent regeneration of anhydrides by the fuel eventually favors the more stable macrocycles. Also, components of the structures can exchange and over time this benefits the formation of the rings.

Employing 4-methacryloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride (4-META) as a dispersion-aiding monomer and tributylborane (TBB) as a polymerization initiator, Super-Bond™ is an acrylic resin cement made ...