Crown PEG

The present invention relates to a polymerizable adhesive composition which comprises, at least as one constituent, a cyanacrylate component and which requires a comparitively short time for curing when used on surfaces. The present invention therefore also includes a method for the production of the cyanacrylate component described above, and the cyanacrylate component as such.

An adhesive composition comprising an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate and about 0.0001% by weight to about 20% by weight, based on the weight of the adhesive composition, of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (1) polyehtylene glycols having a degree of polymerization of at least 3, and (2) non-ionic surface active agents having a poly(ehtyleneoxy) moiety therein with the poly(ehtyleneoxy) moiety having a degree of polymerization of at least 3.