Inventors:
Larry Steven Corley - Houston TX
Anthony Michael Pigneri - Houston TX
Assignee:
Resolution Performance Products LLC - Houston TX
International Classification:
C08G 804
US Classification:
528 93, 442131, 442180, 525481, 528 94, 528 98, 528144, 528165
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for producing phenol-dicarbonyl condensates high in fluorescence by reacting a phenolic compound with a 1,2-dicarbonyl compound in the presence of a catalyst selected from one or more carboxylic acid(s) or one or more carboxylic acid precursor(s). The present invention further provides phenol-dicarbonyl condensates, epoxy resins, epoxy resin systems and laminates prepared using these phenol-dicarbonyl condensates.