Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Katsuhisa Sakai

Hiroyuki Oshima

Takaaki Murai

Disclosed are a composition comprising polyether compounds, obtained by addition copolymerization of a mixture of 4-vinylcyclohexene-1-oxide and a compound having at least two epoxy groups with a compound having at least one active hydrogen atom, and a composition comprising epoxy compounds obtained by epoxidation of the composition of the polyether compounds. The invention also relates to processes for production thereof. The disclosed composition comprising epoxy compounds has a higher softening temperature compared that produced by polymerization of only 4-vinylcyclohexene-1-oxide with a compound having at least one active hydrogen atom.

Compositions of polyether compounds, epoxy compounds and processes for

Disclosed as a polyether compound having ether groups and vinyl double bonds represented by formula (I) ##STR1## and an epoxy resin represented by formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 represents a residue group of an organic compound having l active hydrogen atoms, n1 through nl each represents 0 or an integer of from 1 to 100, the sum of integers represented by n1 through nl is from 1 to 100, and l represents an integer of from 1 to 100, and A represents from 1 to 100, and A represents ##STR3## or a mixture of ##STR4## wherein R.sup.2 represents a residue group of mono epoxy compound, and B represents ##STR5## or a mixture of ##STR6## wherein X represents a ##STR7## group, wherein R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkyl carbonyl group, or an arylcarbonyl group, provided that the epoxy resin represented by formula (II) contains at least one ##STR8## group: In a further aspect, the invention relates to processes for production thereof.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Katsuhisa Sakai