A composite comprises: a reinforcing element (10), an adhesive layer (14) made from an adhesive composition, and an elastomeric body made from an elastomeric matrix comprising an ethylene/alpha-olefin type elastomer and/or a polychloroprene elastomer. The adhesive composition comprises a resin based: on a polyphenol comprising an aromatic ring bearing two hydroxyl functions in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to one of the hydroxyl functions being unsubstituted; and/or on a monophenol comprising a six-membered aromatic ring bearing a single hydroxyl function, the two ortho positions being unsubstituted, or an ortho position and the para position being unsubstituted, and on a compound comprising an aromatic ring bearing two functions, one of these functions being a hydroxymethyl function and the other being an aldehyde function or a hydroxymethyl function.

The present invention provides an optical component forming composition comprising a tellurium-containing compound or a tellurium-containing resin.

A compound represented by the following formula (1): ##STR00001## wherein each X independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, or non-crosslinking, R.sup.1 represents a single bond or a 2n-valent group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, the group may have an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a double bond, a hetero atom, or an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each R.sup.2 independently represents a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or a hydroxyl group, in which at least one R.sup.2 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or an aryloxy group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, each m is independently an integer of 1 to 6, each p is independently 0 or 1, and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

The present invention relates to a process for electroplating an adhesive composition onto at least one conductive element, in which the conductive element is placed in contact with the adhesive composition comprising: a phosphate salt and a resin based on: a compound A1, compound A1 being chosen from a compound A11 comprising at least two functions, one of these functions being a hydroxymethyl function and the other being an aldehyde function or a hydroxymethyl function, or a compound A12 comprising at least one aldehyde function, or a mixture of a compound A11 and of a compound A12; and a phenol A21. A potential difference is applied between the conductive element and the adhesive composition to coat the conductive element with an adhesive layer.

The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising: at least one phosphate salt chosen from sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate and mixtures of these phosphates; and at least one resin based on: at least one compound A1, compound A1 being chosen from a compound A11 comprising at least two functions, one of these functions being a hydroxymethyl function and the other being an aldehyde function or a hydroxymethyl function, or a compound A12 comprising at least one aldehyde function, or a mixture of a compound A11 and of a compound A12; and at least one phenol A21.

An aromatic polyphenol derivative which comprises at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two OZ groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the OZ groups being unsubstituted, is used for the manufacture of a phenol-aldehyde resin for reinforcing a rubber composition. Each OZ group represents an O((CO)(R.sub.1)) group with R.sub.1 representing a hydrocarbon-based radical or a substituted hydrocarbon-based radical.

An aromatic polyphenol derivative which comprises at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two OZ groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the OZ groups being unsubstituted, is used for the manufacture of a phenol-aldehyde resin for reinforcing a rubber composition. Each OZ group represents an O((CO)(R.sub.1)) group with R.sub.1 representing a hydrocarbon-based radical or a substituted hydrocarbon-based radical.

A resin composition contains: (a) a resin which constitutes a polymer having a structure represented by any one of the following general formulae (1) to (3) below and/or a copolymer having the structure; and (b) a basic compound, ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 organic group, R.sup.2 is a divalent C.sub.4-C.sub.30 organic group, X is a sulfonic group, hydroxy group, or carboxy group, p is 1 to 4, and n is 2 to 100,000; ##STR00002##
wherein R.sup.3 is a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 organic group, R.sup.4 is a divalent C.sub.4-C.sub.30 organic group, Y is a sulfonic group, hydroxy group, or carboxy group, q is 1 to 4, and m is 2 to 100,000; ##STR00003##
wherein R.sup.5 represents a C.sub.4-C.sub.30 organic group, R.sup.6 is a divalent C.sub.4-C.sub.30 organic group, Z is a sulfonic group, hydroxy group, or carboxy group, r is 1 to 4, and l is 2 to 100,000.

A (poly)amine compound represented by the following formula (0):

wherein R.sup.X is a 2n.sup.A-valent group having 1 to 70 carbon atoms or a single bond; each R.sup.1A is independently any of an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, a crosslinking group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group having 0 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent, a carboxyl group, a thiol group and a hydroxy group, wherein when R.sup.1A is any of the alkyl group, the aryl group, the crosslinking group and the alkoxy group, R.sup.1A optionally contains at least one bond selected from the group consisting of an ether bond, a ketone bond and an ester bond, and at least one R.sup.1A is an amino group having 0 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally having a substituent; X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, or X is optionally absent; each R independently represents any of a benzene ring, a biphenyl ring, a naphthalene ring, an anthracene ring and a pyrene ring; each m is independently an integer of 0 to 9, wherein at least one m is an integer of 1 to 9; and n.sup.A is an integer of 1 to 4.

The present invention provides a resist base material containing a compound having a specific structure and/or a resin derived from the compound as a monomer.