A method for producing a polyphenylene ether (PPE) provides the PPE that includes less gel and that is good in mechanical property and heat resistance, wherein the method includes a polymerization step of subjecting a phenol compound to oxidative polymerization in the presence of a polymerization catalyst in a good solvent for a polyphenylene ether to thereby provide a polyphenylene ether solution, a catalyst extraction step of adding an aqueous chelating agent solution to the polyphenylene ether solution and extracting the polymerization catalyst into the aqueous chelating agent solution to thereby provide a catalyst-removed polyphenylene ether solution, a concentration step of removing a part of the good solvent from the catalyst-removed polyphenylene ether solution to provide a concentrated polyphenylene ether solution, and a gel removal step of removing at least a visually observable chloroform-insoluble substance from the concentrated polyphenylene ether solution, to thereby provide a gel-removed polyphenylene ether solution.

A method for producing a polyphenylene ether (PPE) provides the PPE that includes less gel and that is good in mechanical property and heat resistance, wherein the method includes a polymerization step of subjecting a phenol compound to oxidative polymerization in the presence of a polymerization catalyst in a good solvent for a polyphenylene ether to thereby provide a polyphenylene ether solution, a catalyst extraction step of adding an aqueous chelating agent solution to the polyphenylene ether solution and extracting the polymerization catalyst into the aqueous chelating agent solution to thereby provide a catalyst-removed polyphenylene ether solution, a concentration step of removing a part of the good solvent from the catalyst-removed polyphenylene ether solution to provide a concentrated polyphenylene ether solution, and a gel removal step of removing at least a visually observable chloroform-insoluble substance from the concentrated polyphenylene ether solution, to thereby provide a gel-removed polyphenylene ether solution.

A novel material is provided herein which is suitable for use in a precursor of a polymer coating material that coats a polymer on a surface of a base material to provide the base material with surface modification and/or functionality assignment. A composite material characterized in that a compound having a polymerization initiation site containing a halogen group is incorporated in a crosslinked structure comprising a catechol derivative or a phenol derivative represented by the following formula (I). In the formula (I), R may be interrupted by an oxygen molecule and represents a hydrocarbon group with 2 to 20 carbons that has at least one double bond site, and A represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkoxy group with 1 to 20 carbons. ##STR00001##

A novel material is provided herein which is suitable for use in a precursor of a polymer coating material that coats a polymer on a surface of a base material to provide the base material with surface modification and/or functionality assignment. A composite material characterized in that a compound having a polymerization initiation site containing a halogen group is incorporated in a crosslinked structure comprising a catechol derivative or a phenol derivative represented by the following formula (I). In the formula (I), R may be interrupted by an oxygen molecule and represents a hydrocarbon group with 2 to 20 carbons that has at least one double bond site, and A represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkoxy group with 1 to 20 carbons. ##STR00001##

Provided is a method for producing polyphenylene ether (PPE) having excellent mechanical properties, heat aging resistance, and color, and in which the content of impurities such as low molecular weight components and catalyst metal is low. The method for producing PPE includes: performing oxidative polymerization of a phenolic compound in a polymerization solution containing the phenolic compound, a catalyst, and an aromatic solvent to obtain a PPE mixed liquid; precipitating PPE to obtain a slurry containing particulate PPE through addition of a polar solvent to the PPE mixed liquid; solid-liquid separating the slurry to obtain wet PPE particles; washing the wet PPE particles to obtain PPE particles through at least one cycle of a washing and solid-liquid separation process in which washing is performed with a washing liquid containing an aromatic solvent and a polar solvent, and in which solid-liquid separation is performed; and drying the PPE particles.

Provided is a method for producing polyphenylene ether (PPE) having excellent mechanical properties, heat aging resistance, and color, and in which the content of impurities such as low molecular weight components and catalyst metal is low. The method for producing PPE includes: performing oxidative polymerization of a phenolic compound in a polymerization solution containing the phenolic compound, a catalyst, and an aromatic solvent to obtain a PPE mixed liquid; precipitating PPE to obtain a slurry containing particulate PPE through addition of a polar solvent to the PPE mixed liquid; solid-liquid separating the slurry to obtain wet PPE particles; washing the wet PPE particles to obtain PPE particles through at least one cycle of a washing and solid-liquid separation process in which washing is performed with a washing liquid containing an aromatic solvent and a polar solvent, and in which solid-liquid separation is performed; and drying the PPE particles.

A reversible crosslinking reactant composition is provided. The composition includes at least one furan-group-containing oligomer and a bismaleimide compound having a structure represented by Formula (II) ##STR00001##
wherein the furan-group-containing oligomer is an oligomer having a structure represented by Formula (IV), an oligomer having a structure represented by Formula (V), or an oligomer having a first repeating unit and a second repeating unit, wherein the first repeating unit has a structure represented by Formula (VI), the second repeating unit has a structure represented by Formula (VII), ##STR00002##
wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12, R.sup.13, R.sup.14, R.sup.15, R.sup.16, R.sup.17, R.sup.18, R.sup.19, R.sup.20, R.sup.21, R.sup.22, R.sup.23, R.sup.24, R.sup.25, q, z and E are as defined in specification.

A composition for stably preparing a hollow particle by a coacervation method, a hollow particle prepared using a composition for preparing a hollow particle, and a method of preparing a hollow particle are disclosed. A mono-disperse hollow particle is stably provided by excellent coacervate forming capability, such that it is expected to be beneficially used as a carrier in various fields such as a cosmetic, a paint, plastic, rubber, a synthetic wood, a refractory material, and an agricultural chemical.

A composition for stably preparing a hollow particle by a coacervation method, a hollow particle prepared using a composition for preparing a hollow particle, and a method of preparing a hollow particle are disclosed. A mono-disperse hollow particle is stably provided by excellent coacervate forming capability, such that it is expected to be beneficially used as a carrier in various fields such as a cosmetic, a paint, plastic, rubber, a synthetic wood, a refractory material, and an agricultural chemical.

This invention provides a material having a low dissipation factor that is suitable for use as an insulating material for a printed wiring board and the like; a resin composition used for the production of the material; and an application using the material. The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising a mono(C.sub.6-C.sub.20 alkyl)diallyl isocyanurate and a polyphenylene ether resin; a cured product of the resin composition; and use of the cured product.