Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited

Hiroshi Nagata

Sumiya Miyake

Akiko Okubo

Yoshiyuki Go

Hiromi Honda

Minoru Kobayashi

Yoshiyuki Goh

This invention provides a latent catalyst having a structure of phosphonium borate consisting of a monovalent cation portion in which four specific groups are bonded to the phosphorus atom and a monovalent anion portion in which four specific groups are bonded to the boron atom, and a latent catalyst having a structure wherein the above phosphonium borate is the recurring unit and at least two of said recurring unit are connected through at least one of the four specific groups bonded to the boron atom. This invention also provides a thermo-setting resin composition comprising such a latent catalyst and an epoxy resin molding material comprising such a latent catalyst and further provides a semiconductor device in which a semiconductor is encapsulated with said epoxy resin molding material.

Latent catalyst

This invention provides a latent catalyst having a structure of phosphonium borate consisting of a monovalent cation portion in which four specific groups are bonded to the phosphorus atom and a monovalent anion portion in which four specific groups are bonded to the boron atom, and a latent catalyst having a structure wherein the above phosphonium borate is the recurring unit and at least two of said recurring unit are connected through at least one of the four specific groups bonded to the boron atom. This invention also provides a thermosetting resin composition comprising such a latent catalyst and an epoxy resin molding material comprising such a latent catalyst and further provides a semiconductor device in which a semiconductor is encapsulated with said epoxy resin molding material.

Thermosetting resin and tetraorganophosphonium dicyclic tetraorganoborane catalyst

Thermosetting resin composition, epoxy resin molding material and semiconductor device

Tetraorganophosponium dicyclic tetraorganoborate catalyst

The moisture resistance reliability of a latent catalyst is evaluated for a phosphonium borate wherein at least one group pendant on the boron atom is a group formed when a proton donor having at least one proton capable of being liberated out of the molecule has liberated one or at least two protons, the evaluation comprising (1) mixing one gram of the proton donor wherefrom the latent catalyst is derived with 50 grams of purified water to obtain an aqueous mixture, (3) subjecting the aqueous mixture to pressure cooker treatment at a temperature of 125&deg; C. for 20 hours in a pressure cooker vessel to obtain an extraction mixture, and (4) measuring the electrical conductivity of the extraction mixture wherein the acceptable electrical conductivity of the extraction mixture is no greater than 1,000 &mgr;S/cm.

Evaluating moisture resistance reliability of phosphonium borate catalyst

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroshi Nagata