Abstract: A crystalline polyesterpolyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 15,000 and obtainable from a polybasic carboxylic acid component and an aliphatic hydrocarbon diol component comprising 1,10-decanediol and/or 1,12-dodecanediol, and a hot-melt adhesive comprising a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyesterpolyol, which contains a crystalline polyesterpolyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 15,000 and obtainable from a polybasic carboxylic acid component and an aliphatic hydrocarbon diol component comprising 1,10-decanediol and/or 1,12-dodecanediol are provided.

Abstract: A crystalline polyesterpolyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 15,000 and obtainable from a polybasic carboxylic acid component and an aliphatic hydrocarbon diol component comprising 1,10-decanediol and/or 1,12-dodecanediol, and a hot-melt adhesive comprising a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyesterpolyol, which contains a crystalline polyesterpolyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 15,000 and obtainable from a polybasic carboxylic acid component and an aliphatic hydrocarbon diol component comprising 1,10-decanediol and/or 1,12-dodecanediol are provided.

Abstract: A cyanurate compound having three oxetane ring groups and represented by the general formula (1): wherein R1 represents a member selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, is useful as a photosetting monomer or thermosetting monomer, and thus is used, together with a hardening agent, for example, a polycarboxylic anhydride and a catalyst, for example, an amine, a carboxylic acid metal salt or a protonic acid, to provide an organic hardening composition usable for producing electronic materials, for example, resists.

Abstract: A bis(methoxymethyl)biphenyl having the formula (I): ##STR1## which is capable of producing by a dehalogenating coupling of a halogenated methoxymethylbenzene and which is useful as an intermediate for a phenol novolak condensate, an epoxy resin curing agent, an epoxy resin composition, or a phenol resin composition.

Abstract: A 2,2',5,5',6,6'-hexafluorobiphenyl-3,3',4,4'-tetracarboxylic acid precursor as an intermediate material for a highly functional fluororesin may be produced at a high yield by reacting tetrafluorophthalonitrile with an alkali metal iodide.

Abstract: A bis(methoxymethyl)biphenyl having the formula (I): ##STR1## which is capable of producing by a dehalogenating coupling of a halogenated methoxymethylbenzene and which is useful as an intermediate for a phenol novolak condensate, an epoxy resin curing agent, an epoxy resin composition, or a phenol resin composition.

Abstract: There are disclosed a process for preparing 2-hydroxy-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or 2-hydroxy-(4-substituted phenyl)propionic acid derivative which comprises reacting 2-methoxynaphthalene or substituted benzene derivatives with pyruvic acid in the presence of a Lewis acid and then, if necessary, hydrolyzing the obtained product, and a process for preparing 2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or 2-(4-substituted phenyl)propionic acid derivative which comprises reducing 2-hydroxy-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or 2-hydroxy-2-(4-substituted phenyl)propionic acid derivative in a lower aliphatic acid in the presence of an inorganic acid under hydrogen atmosphere by using a metal catalyst.