Monomers that are difficult to obtain, such as tert-butyl 2-cyanoacryl
ate, trimethylsilylmethyl 2-cyanoacrylate, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl 2
-cyanoacrylate, and the previously unknown adamantyl 2-cyanoacrylate w
ere prepared starting from 2-cyanoacryloyl chloride.