Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Nippon Oil Fats Co., Ltd.

Toshikazu Takata

Katsumoto Hosokawa

Takahiro Kojima

Kazuko Nakazono

Yasuhiro Kohsaka

Toshihide Hasegawa

Ryota Seto

Takeshi Endo

Junichi Yamauchi

Fumio Sanda

Fujio Takahashi

Shinichi Ohno

A diol from which a resin material having high processability and a high refractive index can be manufactured, a polycarbonate resin and a polyester resin which is a polymer of the diol, and a molded article and an optical element formed of the polymer. The diol is represented by the general formula (1) shown below; the polycarbonate resin and the polyester resin are polymers thereof; and the molded article and the optical element are formed of the polymers, wherein R1 and R2 each independently denote one of a hydrogen atom and an alkyl group having 1 or more and 6 or less carbon atoms; Q denotes one of an oxyethylene group, a thioethylene group and a single bond.

Diol, and polycarbonate resin or polyester resin

An asymmetric spiroorthocarbonate compound having one exomethylene group and represented by the following general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein A represents a group selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having not more than 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, an amide group, a hydroxyl group or an alkyl ester group having not more than 20 carbon atoms; and R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8, R.sup.9 through R.sup.14, R.sup.15 through R.sup.22, R.sup.23 through R.sup.28 and R.sup.29 through R.sup.36 each represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having not more than 8 carbon atoms; and copolymers containing units therefrom.

Spiroorthocarbonate compound and copolymers obtained therefrom

Disclosed is a process for producing a carboxylic acid chloride by reacting phosgene with a carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, which comprises effecting the reaction in the presence of a homopolymer or copolymer of a monomer represented by formula (I) or (II) below, a copolymer of the monomers represented by formulae (I) and (II) below, or a copolymer of at least one monomer selected from the group sensisting of the monomers represented by formulae (I) and (II) below with another monomer copolymerizable therewith:

Process for producing carboxylic acid chloride

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Yokohama, Japan

Toshikazu Takata