Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Toyotaro Shinko

Ken Nanaumi

Takeshi Yoshida

Susumu Konii

Yukio Yoshimura

Kohei Yasuzawa

Internally plasticized phenolic resins suitable for use in preparing laminates and the like excellent in electrical properties, heat resistance, solvent resistance as well as punchability are produced by reacting a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkylene residue having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently hydrogen or a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, with an epoxidized vegetable oil with heating in the presence of one or more secondary and/or tertiary amines, and adding formaldehyde or one or more phenols and formaldehyde to the reaction system to further proceed the reaction.

Process for producing phenolic resins

Internally plasticized phenolic resins suitable for use in preparing laminates and the like excellent in electrical properties, heat resistance, solvent resistance as well as punchability are produced by reacting a phenol-formaldehyde resin containing less than 4% by weight of unreacted free monohydric phenol or phenols with an epoxidized vegetable oil, and if required with formaldehyde, with heating preferably in the presence of one or more secondary and/or tertiary amines.

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