Extensive work by Einhorn and co-m~ orker~~ a~ b in the early 1900's indicated that reaction 1 generally proceeds only to the mono derivative and reaction 2, where R'= alkyl, generally fails to occur. A later reriem by Walker4 presented substantiation of this earlier work, but melamine and some cyclic ureas were shown to be exceptions and could be fully methylolated. Textile finishing in the wash-wear field would scarcely have pro-(3)(a) A. ...
