Phosphorus-containing phenol compound, production method therefor, and curable resin compositons and cured products using the compound
To provide phosphorus-containing epoxy resins and phosphorus-containing epoxy resin compositions having high levels of appearance, yield and economic efficiency and cured products thereof that are used for various applications. A phosphorus-containing phenol compound represented by Formula (3) obtained by reacting a compound represented by Formula (2) with a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein in the peak area (A) of the component represented by Formula (1) on a chromatogram measured under specific conditions by gel permeation chromatography, peak area (B) on the high-molecular-weight side of the component of Formula (1), and total area (C) of peak area (A) and peak area (B), the value obtained by dividing peak area (B) by total area (C) is 8 area % or less, and epoxy resin compositions and cured products comprising the phosphorus-containing phenol compound as an essential ingredient.
1. A composition comprising a phosphorus-containing phenol compound represented by Formula (3), said composition is obtained by reacting a compound represented by Formula (2) with a composition comprising a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein on a chromatogram of the composition comprising the compound represented by Formula (1) measured by gel permeation chromatography peak area (A), peak area (B) on the high-molecular-weight side of the component of (A), and total area (C) of peak area (A) and peak area (B) satisfy the condition that the value obtained by dividing peak area (B) by total area (C) is 8 area % or less;
wherein the gel permeation chromatography is carried out under the conditions:
an analytical column having an exclusion limit molecular weight of 400,000, a number of theoretical stages of 16,000, and a length of 30 cm, an analytical column having an exclusion limit molecular weight of 60,000, a number of theoretical stages of 16,000, and a length of 30 cm, and an analytical column having an exclusion limit molecular weight of 10,000, a number of theoretical stages of 16,000, and a length of 30 cm connected in series are used, the temperature in a column room is adjusted to 40° C., an ultraviolet-visible detector is used as a detector, the measured wavelength is 400 nm, the flow rate of tetrahydrofuran as an eluent is 1 ml/min, and a sample is prepared using a tetrahydrofuran solution containing 1% of the compound represented by Formula (1) for the determination
2. A curable resin composition comprising the phosphorus-containing phenol composition according to claim 1 as an essential ingredient and an epoxy resin.
3. A method for producing a phosphorus-containing phenol compound represented by Formula (3):
comprising the steps of:
(i) filtering a solution of a compound represented by Formula (1):
so that on a chromatogram measured by gel permeation chromatography peak area (A), peak area (B) on the high-molecular-weight side of the component of (A), and total area (C) of peak area (A) and peak area (B) satisfy the condition that the value obtained by dividing peak area (B) by total area (C) is 8 area % or less;
wherein the gel permeation chromatography is carried out under the conditions:
an analytical column having an exclusion limit molecular weight of 400,000, a number of theoretical stages of 16,000, and a length of 30 cm, an analytical column having an exclusion limit molecular weight of 60,000, a number of theoretical stages of 16,000, and a length of 30 cm, and an analytical column having an exclusion limit molecular weight of 10,000, a number of theoretical stages of 16,000, and a length of 30 cm connected in series are used,
the temperature in a column room is adjusted to 40° C.,
an ultraviolet-visible detector is used as a detector,
the measured wavelength is 400 nm,
the flow rate of tetrahydrofuran as an eluent is 1 ml/min, and
a sample is prepared using a tetrahydrofuran solution containing 1% of the compound represented by Formula (1) for the determination; and
(ii) reacting the compound represented by Formula (1) obtained in step (i) with a compound represented by Formula (2):
to obtain the phosphorus-containing phenol compound represented by Formula (3).
4. A curable resin composition comprising the phosphorus-containing phenol compound obtained by the method according to claim 3 as an essential ingredient and an epoxy resin.
5. A cured product prepared by curing the curable resin composition according to claim 2 or 4 .