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Acrylate monomers used to form acrylate polymers are based on the structure of acrylic acid, which consists of a vinyl group and a carboxylic acid ester terminus or a nitrile.Other typical acrylate monomers are derivatives of acrylic acid, such as methyl methacrylate in which one vinyl hydrogen and the carboxylic acid hydrogen are both replaced by methyl groups, and acrylonitrile in which the carboxylic acid group is replaced by the related nitrile group.

Turning to the balance sheet, we ended the quarter with $2.4 billion of cash. Adjusted operating cash flow for the year was $3.2 billion, and on track for the cumulative target in the full year capital allocation plan.

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Polypropylene syringes are great one-use items, but I’d have a lot of concern about synthesizing different drugs in the same reactor with contamination of the vessels. And if these are one-use items, disposal will be a nightmare since they’ll all be hazardous waste (not to mention radioactive if used to make PET imaging agents). I really don’t understand what you do with these reactors after you’ve made the first batch.

Subject to the acquired business achieving certain performance targets over approximately a three-year period, further consideration of up to £10.0 million will be payable, comprised of cash and Ordinary Shares. The Company expects the Acquisition to exceed its medium-term ROIC target of 15%.

I bring this up because the demonstrated synthesis of baclofen is enough to make four or five tablets (if you had the facilities to make tablets, that is). There may well be benefits to making such compounds at the point of delivery, but there are significant benefits to making them on scale, too. I note in passing that baclofen itself is available from at least 13 suppliers (although, to be sure, I don’t know if they’re all making it themselves).

Can I have a follow-up here, if I may? It seems to me, in the Specialty Material and Environmental Technology, you’re executing and able to increase content, either for smartphone or for other applications. As to end market diversification, it’s maybe a couple of years away. Is that the best way to summarize this?

Si, N. G. et al. The research of biological activity and application of novel fungicide-enestroburin (II). Pesticides 42, 39–40 (2003).

OUTLOOK ’17: US phenol margins likely steady With Asian production levels strong and US domestic demand steady, sources expect that phenol margins for 2017 producers will stay close to steady. Discussions for adders over benzene costs have been firmly in the 8-12 cent/lb ($176-265/tonne), which buyers have described as a rollover and producers have described as a slight increase.

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Benzene, a carcinogenic at high concentrations, is monitored in the analysis of drinking water. It may form in the presence of ascorbic acid and benzoate salts. While factors such as exposure to heat and light, among others, foster the formation, sugar and EDTA can inhibit it4.