Well hope still in the topic
How really to form carb anion of cyanacrylate monomer only with very small amount of water absorbed by air moisture on the surface we wont to stick. I am hinking about these hypotheses:
First addition of H2O to cyanacrylate to intermediate HO-CH2CH(CN)COOR
As you see there's 2 mobile protons of this molecule CH acidic and OH - i dont know
Do you think its possible these quick post reactions:
HO-CH2CH(CN)COOR + H2C=CH(CN)COOR--> HOCH2C:-(CN)COOR(methylol substituated carb anion 1) + H3C-C:-(CN)COOR (2nd methy substituated)
Also if HO-CH2CH(CN)COOR - H2O--> H2=C:-(CN)COOR monomolecule disproportion but then i am not specialist if this resonanse structure is possible or how stable?
And last i can imagine now for really in situ Michael addition of intermediates:
HO-CH2CH(CN)COOR + H2=C(CN)COOR--> HC(CN)(COOR)-O-CH2CH(CN)COOR which somehow to form bi-anion which should be very active and would make the polymerization twice faster
Now i am searching for some research works onto the cyanacrylates polymerization mechanism problem and if find something will share you.
Ops i think i have mistake in water addition to cyanacrylate
H-OH + H2=C(CN)COOR--> H3C-C-OH(CN,COOR) Is this by Marcovnikov rule?