Abstract Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid dianhydride (EDTADA) is a six‐membered cyclic anhydride that contains two tertiary amino groups in the structure. In this work, we have demonstrated that a curing reaction of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) and EDTADA proceeded efficiently without any accelerant such as tertiary amine and imidazole. This result proves that EDTADA can act as a self‐sustaining accelerant for the curing reaction of the epoxy monomers. On the other hand, the curing reaction of glycidol with EDTADA proceed successfully via an initiation step owing to the esterification of primary alcohol and anhydride moieties. In this case, we demonstrate that EDTADA also works as an amine catalyst for esterification. Moreover, we have studied the adhesive properties of two types of epoxy resin derived from DGEBA and glycidol with EDTADA.
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