An infrared spectroscopic study of the curing of epoxide resins with amines

Epoxy Resins

“…[33][34][35][36][37][38][39] Studies have been reported of the homopolymerization of epoxides and the effects of temperature, catalysts, alcohols and amines. [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] Thus both Lewis acids and Lewis bases are able to catalyze the homopolymerization of epoxy resins. For catalysis by a tertiary amine Narracott (Scheme 2)52 proposed for the initiating step attack by the amine on the epoxide; propagation then proceeds from the resulting alkoxide anion.…”