Sa. Kosikhina et al., AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWE EN EPOXY AND ESTER, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 35(1), 1993, pp. 20000022-20000025
Interactions between epoxy and ester groups in a model system were stu
died using a number of methods, including isothermal calorimetry, gel-
permeation chromatography, and IR spectroscopy. A mechanism is propose
d describing the insertion of epoxy groups into the ester ones. The re
action is shown to result in the generation of oligomeric products via
the formation of cyclic orthoester as an intermediate product.