The present application provides a resin component, and a prepreg and a circuit material using the same. The resin component comprises unsaturated polyphenylene ether resin, polyolefin resin, terpene resin and an initiator. When the total weight of the unsaturated polyphenylene ether resin, polyolefin resin and terpene resin is defined as 100 parts by weight, the terpene resin is in an amount of 3-40 parts by weight. The polyolefin resin is one or a combination of at least two selected from the group consisting of unsaturated polybutadiene resin, SBS resin and styrene butadiene resin. The present application discloses that the resulting resin composition has good film-forming properties, adhesion and dielectric properties through the coordination of unsaturated polyphenylene ether resin, unsaturated polyphenylene ether resin, polyolefin resin and terpene resin, and the circuit boards using the same have higher interlayer peel strength and lower dielectric loss.

An aspect of the present application relates to a resin composition, which contains a polymer having a structural unit represented by Formula (1) in a molecule and a free radical compound and in which the free radical compound has at least one free radical group selected from the group consisting of structures represented by Formulas (2), (3), (4) and (5) in the molecule.

An aspect of the present application relates to a resin composition, which contains a polymer having a structural unit represented by Formula (1) in a molecule and a free radical compound and in which the free radical compound has at least one free radical group selected from the group consisting of structures represented by Formulas (2), (3), (4) and (5) in the molecule.

An aspect of the present invention relates to a resin composition, which contains a modified polyphenylene ether compound of which a terminal is modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond and a free radical compound, in which the free radical compound has at least one free radical group selected from the group consisting of structures represented by Formulas (1), (2), (3) and (4) in a molecule.

An aspect of the present invention relates to a resin composition, which contains a modified polyphenylene ether compound of which a terminal is modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond and a free radical compound, in which the free radical compound has at least one free radical group selected from the group consisting of structures represented by Formulas (1), (2), (3) and (4) in a molecule.

One aspect of the present application relates to a resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular end, a maleimide compound having two or more N-substituted maleimide groups in one molecule, and a liquid styrene-butadiene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10000 and having a 1,2-vinyl group.

One aspect of the present application relates to a resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond at a molecular end, a maleimide compound having two or more N-substituted maleimide groups in one molecule, and a liquid styrene-butadiene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10000 and having a 1,2-vinyl group.

The present disclosure provides a polyphenylene ether composition having a high glass transition temperature and a long-term solubility in a solvent, and exhibiting a low viscosity when being dissolved in a solvent. The polyphenylene ether composition of the present disclosure contains 60 mol % or more of a polyphenylene ether having the structure of Formula (1), wherein the ratio of the integrated value of the peak appearing at 7.6 to 8.3 ppm to the integrated value of the peak derived from the structure of the following Formula (2) in a .sup.1H-NMR measurement result is 1 or less, and the number average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene is 500 to 15,000 g/mol.

A thermosetting resin composition contains an ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (A), a terminal-modified polyphenylene ether compound (B), an inorganic filler (C), a styrene-based elastomer (D), and a fibrous filler (E).

A thermosetting resin composition contains an ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (A), a terminal-modified polyphenylene ether compound (B), an inorganic filler (C), a styrene-based elastomer (D), and a fibrous filler (E).