| abstract |
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of making phenolic compounds, and resins comprising these phenolic compounds. The compounds include multifunctional epoxies, amino glycidyl derivatives, and multi-functional amines prepared from hydroxymethyl derivatives of phenols and bisphenols. In one embodiment, a compound is of formula I n nwherein R 1 is H or Z; each R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 , independently, are —N(Z) 2 , —N(CH 2 —O—Z) 2 , —N(CH 2 CH 2 —O—Z) 2 , —N(CH 2 OH) 2 , —N(CH 2 NH 2 ) 2 , —O—Z, —CH 2 —O—Z, —CH 2 CH 2 —O—Z, —CH 2 OH, —CH 2 NH 2 , —O—C—(CH 3 ) 3 , or —O-(alkylene)-CH 3 ; and Z is |