Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing; a novel bisphenol compound having an indoline skeleton; and a novel aromatic polycarbonate which uses this bisphenol compound as a starting material dihydroxy compound. The above-described problem is able to be solved by an aromatic polycarbonate that contains a repeating unit represented by general formula (2).

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing; a novel bisphenol compound having an indoline skeleton; and a novel aromatic polycarbonate which uses this bisphenol compound as a starting material dihydroxy compound. The above-described problem is able to be solved by an aromatic polycarbonate that contains a repeating unit represented by general formula (2).

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing 4,4?-dihydroxy-m-terphenyl, a 2-cyclohexene-1-one or 3-hydroxycyclohexane-1-one, and phenol are used as materials, Step (A), Step (B), and Step (C) are implemented in this order, or Step (D) and Step (C) are implemented in this order: Step (A) to obtain a 1,1,3-trisphenol by causing the 2-cyclohexene-1-one or 3-hydroxycyclohexane-1-one and phenol to react with each other in the presence of a catalyst; Step (B) to obtain a bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexene by causing the 1,1,3-trisphenol to undergo breakdown reaction; Step (C) to obtain a 4,4?-dihydroxy-m-terphenyl by dehydrogenating the bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexene; Step (D) to obtain a bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexene by causing the 2-cyclohexene-1-one or 3-hydroxycyclohexane-1-one and phenol to react with each other in the presence of a catalyst.

Abstract: To achieve the object of providing a new method of manufacturing 4,4?-dihydroxy-m-terphenyl, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing 4,4?-dihydroxy-m-terphenyl expressed by General Formula (4) below, characterized in that such method uses a 2-cyclohexene-1-one expressed by General Formula (1) below or 3-hydroxycyclohexane-1-one expressed by General Formula (2) below, and phenol expressed by General Formula (3) below as materials and implements Step (A), Step (B), and Step (C) below, in this order, or Step (D) and Step (C) below, in this order: (In the formulas, each R2 independently represents an alkyl group, alkoxy group, aromatic hydrocarbon group, or halogen atom, while m independently indicates 0 or an integer of 1 to 4, where R2 substitution does not occur in the third position when m is 1 or greater, and when m is 2 or greater, R2's may be identical or different, and R2 substitution does not occur in two positions of the same carbon atom.