Abstract: Provided is a polymer including a constituent unit (1) based on a monomer represented by Formula (1), in which a content of a constituent unit based on a monomer having a polycyclic structure is 35 mol % or less. In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A1 represents a linking group including an ester bond, or a single bond, where A1 has no tertiary carbon atom, and Z1 represents an atomic group forming a sulfur-containing cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, which includes a carbon atom bonded to A1, and —SO2—.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer including a constituent unit (1) based on a monomer represented by Formula (1), in which a content of a constituent unit based on a monomer having a polycyclic structure is 35 mol % or less. In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A1 represents a linking group including an ester bond, or a single bond, where A1 has no tertiary carbon atom, and Z1 represents an atomic group forming a sulfur-containing cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, which includes a carbon atom bonded to A1, and —SO2—.

Abstract: First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b): (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR14—, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 and R5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R4 and R6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for producing a coating composition excellent in appearance, abrasion resistance, and hardness of a coating film. The resin composition of the present invention includes a compound A having a branched structure which has a terminal hydroxyl group, a polyisocyanate B, and an inorganic particle C, in which the inorganic particle C has a functional group enabling reacting with a hydroxyl group or an isocyanate group on a surface thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer including a constituent unit (1) based on a monomer represented by Formula (1), in which a content of a constituent unit based on a monomer having a polycyclic structure is 35 mol % or less. In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, A1 represents a linking group including an ester bond, or a single bond, where A1 has no tertiary carbon atom, and Z1 represents an atomic group forming a sulfur-containing cyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, which includes a carbon atom bonded to A1, and —SO2—.

Abstract: First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b): (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR14—, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 and R5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R4 and R6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

Abstract: A polyester resin having low-temperature (80-240° C.) fluidity, storage stability, and achieving both dispersibility and grindability, where the polyester resin includes, in reacted form: a polyhydric alcohol; a polycarboxylic acid; a sulfonate component, which is a bis(2-hydroxyethyl)isophthalate sulfonic acid salt; and a hetero alicyclic skeleton, which can be a monomer of formula (1) and/or formula (2): where X is O, S, or NH and R1 to R4 are functional groups. Also, a method for producing the polyester resin by polymerizing a mixture containing the polyhydric alcohol, the polycarboxylic acid, the sulfonate component and the hetero alicyclic skeleton component having formula (1) and/or (2).

Abstract: A polyester resin including: structural unit (A) represented by a specific formula; structural unit (B) derived from an aliphatic diol having 3 to 8 carbon atoms (provided that the structural unit (A) is excluded); and at least one structural unit (C) selected from the group consisting of structural unit (c1) derived from a trivalent or higher-valent acid component and structural unit (c2) derived from a trihydric or higher-hydric alcohol component, the polyester resin including the structural unit (B) in an amount of 20 molar parts or more with respect to 100 molar parts of all the structural units derived from acid components.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for producing a coating composition excellent in appearance, abrasion resistance, and hardness of a coating film. The resin composition of the present invention includes a compound A having a branched structure which has a terminal hydroxyl group, a polyisocyanate B, and an inorganic particle C, in which the inorganic particle C has a functional group enabling reacting with a hydroxyl group or an isocyanate group on a surface thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an antifouling coating composition containing a resin composition and an antifouling agent, where the resin composition includes a polymer (A) containing at least one monomer-derived structural unit having the structure represented by formula (1), (2) or (3) below, and after the resin composition is stored at 40° C. for 30 days, the decomposition rate of the structure represented by formula (1), (2) or (3) in the polymer (A) is 20% or lower.

Abstract: Provided is a production method whereby corresponding carboxylic acid esters can be obtained from a variety of carboxylic acids at a high yield, even under conditions using a simple reaction operation and little catalyst and even if the amount of substrate used is theoretical. A production method for carboxylic acid ester, whereby a prescribed diester dicarbonate, carboxylic acid, and alcohol are reacted in the presence of at least one type of magnesium compound and at least one type of alkali metal compound.

Abstract: Provided is a production method whereby corresponding carboxylic acid esters can be obtained from a variety of carboxylic acids at a high yield, even under conditions using a simple reaction operation and little catalyst and even if the amount of substrate used is theoretical. A production method for carboxylic acid ester, whereby a prescribed diester dicarbonate, carboxylic acid, and alcohol are reacted in the presence of at least one type of magnesium compound and at least one type of alkali metal compound.

Abstract: Provided is a production method whereby corresponding carboxylic acid anhydrides and carboxylic acid esters can be obtained at high yield from various carboxylic acids even without a solvent and near room temperature. A method for producing a carboxylic acid anhydride represented by formula (II), the method comprising reacting a compound represented by formula (I) and a carboxylic acid in the presence of a Group II metal compound having an ionic ligand containing an oxygen atom. A method for producing a carboxylic acid ester, the method comprising reacting a carboxylic acid anhydride produced by the aforementioned method and an alcohol. In formula (I), R1 represents a C1-20 hydrocarbon group. In formula (II), R2 represents a C1-20 hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: First embodiment of a (meth)acrylic copolymer in the present invention includes following: a (meth)acrylic copolymer having at least one kind of constitutional unit selected from the group consisting of a constitutional unit (A1) having at least one kind of structure (I) selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formula (1), formula (2), or formula (3) and a constitutional unit (A2) having a triorganosilyloxycarbonyl group and a constitutional unit (B) derived from a macromonomer (b): (where, X represents —O—, —S—, or —NR14—, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 and R5 each represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and R4 and R6 each represent an alkylene group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

Abstract: Provided is a polyester resin having excellent low-temperature fluidity and storage stability that achieves both dispersibility and grindability. A polyester resin including a sulfonate component and a hetero alicyclic skeleton component as constituent units.

Abstract: A resin composition, formed to have a polymer (A) containing at least one monomer-derived structural unit having the structure represented by formula (1), (2) or (3) below, and after the resin composition is stored at 40° C. for 30 days, the decomposition rate of the structure represented by formula (1), (2) or (3) in the polymer (A) is 20% or lower.

Abstract: Provided is a production method whereby corresponding carboxylic acid anhydrides and carboxylic acid esters can be obtained at high yield from various carboxylic acids even without a solvent and near room temperature. A method for producing a carboxylic acid anhydride represented by formula (II), the method comprising reacting a compound represented by formula (I) and a carboxylic acid in the presence of a Group II metal compound having an ionic ligand containing an oxygen atom. A method for producing a carboxylic acid ester, the method comprising reacting a carboxylic acid anhydride produced by the aforementioned method and an alcohol. In formula (I), R1 represents a C1-20 hydrocarbon group. In formula (II), R2 represents a C1-20 hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; either one of X1 or X2 represents a (meth)acryloyloxy group and the other represents a hydrogen atom; both A1 and A2 represent hydrogen atoms, or A1 and A2 form —O—, —CH2— or —CH2CH2—, which can be produced by first producing a lactone by reducing an addition product obtained by the Diels-Alder reaction between 1,3-diene and maleic anhydride, and then hydrating the lactone to produce an alcohol followed by (meth)acrylation of the alcohol; a polymer produced by (co)polymerizing a monomer composition comprising the (meth)acrylate of the present invention is excellent in transparency, dry etching resistance, and solubility in organic solvents, and so it is preferably used as a resin for a chemically amplified resist composition.

Abstract: A 5-methylene-1,3-dioxolan-4-one derivative and a monomer and copolymer thereof and a resist composition containing the polymer or copolymer where the 5-methylene-1,3 -dioxolan-4-one derivative is of formula (1): wherein R1 represents a bridged cyclic hydrocarbon group containing 4 to 16 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms which has a bridged cyclic hydrocarbon group containing 4 to 16 carbon atoms as a substituent; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms; or R1 and R2 represent a bridged cyclic hydrocarbon group containing 4 to 16 carbon atoms together with the carbon atom to which they are bound, provided that the alkyl group and the bridged cyclic hydrocarbon group may have at least one substituent selected from a group consisting of a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be optionally substituted, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, an acyl group containing 2 to 6 car

Abstract: A (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; either one of X1 or X2 represents a (meth)acryloyloxy group and the other represents a hydrogen atom; both A1 and A2 represent hydrogen atoms, or A1 and A2 form —O—, —CH2— or —CH2CH2—, which can be produced by first producing a lactone by reducing an addition product obtained by the Diels-Alder reaction between 1,3-diene and maleic anhydride, and then hydrating the lactone to produce an alcohol followed by (meth)acrylation of the alcohol; a polymer produced by (co)polymerizing a monomer composition comprising the (meth)acrylate of the present invention is excellent in transparency, dry etching resistance, and solubility in organic solvents, and so it is preferably used as a resin for a chemically amplified resist composition.