HIGH-PURITY ALICYCLIC EPOXY COMPOUND, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CURABLE EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED ARTICLE THEREOF, AND USE

摘要

A high-purity alicyclic epoxy compound which is obtained by epoxidizing an alicyclic olefin compound with an aliphatic peroxycarboxylic acid containing substantially no water, subsequently subjecting the resultant compound to desolvation to produce an alicyclic epoxy compound represented by the general formula (I): (I) and purifying the epoxy compound by distillation and in which the concentration of high-molecular components having a shorter elution time than the alicyclic epoxy compound as determined by GPC analysis is 5.5% or lower in terms of areal ratio, the concentration of impurities having a shorter retention time than the alicyclic epoxy compound as determined by GC analysis is 19.5% or lower in terms of areal ratio, the concentration of intermediates is 4.5% or lower in terms of areal ratio, and the hue (APHA) is 60 or less; a process for efficiently producing the epoxy compound using a less toxic solvent; and a curable resin composition containing the compound.