Phenolic allyl ether cross-linking agents

摘要

Novel phenolic allyl ether is provided of the formula I <CHEM> in which Ar is a C6-20 aromatic moiety, L is a divalent cyclohexanenorbornane linking moiety, L' is a divalent cycloaliphatic moiety, Allyl is CH2=CH-CH2-, and each of m and n is a number from 0 to 10. Such phenolic allyl ethers include the reaction product of allyl halide with the product of the addition reaction of a phenol and a cyclohexenenorbornene compound such as 5-(3-cyclohexen-1-yl)bicycloÄ2.2.1Ühept-2-ene. The resulting phenolic allyl ether resins are useful as processing agents for polymaleimides.