Synthesis and Properties of Epoxy-Resol Copolymers
The objective of this study was to synthesize copolymers based on a resol oligomer and a diglycidyl ether of polycyclic bisphenols of the norbornane type, and to examine the curing process of the obtained copolymers. Copolymers based on polycyclic bisphenols have been synthesized. The following compounds have been identified: 4,4'-(2-norbornylidene)diphenyl; 4,4'- (hexahydro-4,7-methylenindane-5-ylidene)-diphenol; 4,4'- (decahydro-1,4,5,8-dimethylenaphth-2-ylidene)-diphenol; and 2,2-bis-(4-oxyphenyl)propane. The synthesis was conducted in two stages.