Hydroxymethyl-substituted polyfunctional phenols, expressed
by the following structure:
General structure (I)
##STR1##
(wherein X represents: bivalent group (a) expressed by the following structure:
General structure (II)
##STR2##
(wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each
independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with a carbon atom number
of 1 through 4);
quadrivalent group (b) expressed by the following structure:
General structure (III)
##STR3##
(wherein R5 and R6 each independently represent a
hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with a carbon atom number of 1 through 4);
or bivalent group (c) expressed by the following structure:
General structure (IV)
##STR4##
(wherein R7 and R8 each independently represent a
hydrogen atom or a monofluoromethyl, difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl group; however,
R7 and R8 cannot be both hydrogen atoms);
wherein n takes 2 when X is bivalent group (a), takes 4 when X is quadrivalent
group (b), or takes 2 when X is bivalent group (c)).
