Aromatic bisvinyl ethers: A new class of highly reactive thermosetting monomers

Abstract

Abstract Aromatic bisvinyl ethers, prepared by the condensation of bisphenols with 2‐chloroethyl vinyl ether in the presence of sodium hydroxide, are a new class of thermosetting monomers. These new materials can be polymerized cationically by using diaryliodonium salts as photo and thermal initiators to produce crosslinked resins whose physical and thermal characteristics resemble those of epoxy resins.