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ONE of the more important aspects of the chemistry of protein fibres is the study of cross-linking reactions, each of which may be regarded as a potential process for industrial use. Low-temperature setting processes, for example, consist in cross-linking the mercapto groups of reduced wool fibres with oxidizing agents, metal salts or organic compounds containing two or more reactive halogen atoms in the molecule1. It has now been found that even more successful cross-linking of reduced fibres may be obtained with allyl isothiocyanate, presumably because it is capable of combining with amino- and hydroxyl- as well as mercapto-groups2.
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NEISH, W., SPEAKMAN, J. Cross-Linking Reduced Animal Fibres. Nature 164, 708 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164708a0
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