Epoxy-substituted esters of phosphoruscontaining acid and their polymers

Claim 1

AN ESTER OF (A) AN ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE VIC-EPOXY-SUBSTITUTED ALKANOLS AND VICEPOXY-SUBSTITUTED CYCLOALKANOLS, EACH CONTAINING FROM 3 TO 15 CARBON ATOMS, AND VIC-EPOXY-SUBSTITUTED ALKANEDIOLS CONTAINING FROM 4 TO 15 CARBON ATOMS, WITH (B) AN ACID OF PHOSPHORUS OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE HYDROCARBONOPHOSPHONIC ACIDS, THE HYDROCARBONOPHOSPHONOUS ACIDS, THE DIHYDROCARBONPHOSPHINIC ACIDS, THE DIHYDROCARBONPHOSPHINOUS ACIDS AND PHOSPHOROUS ACID, THE HYDROCARBON GROUPS BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE MONOCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON GROUPS OF FROM 6 TO 15 CARBON ATOMS AND THE ALKYL, CYCLOALKYL, ALKENYL AND CYCLOALKENYL GROUPS OF UP TO 12 CARBON ATOMS, THE ANALOGS OF THESE ACIDS OBTAINED BY REPLACING AT LEAST ONE OXYGEN ATOM THEREOF DIRECTLY BONDED TO PHOSPHORUS WITH A DISSIMILAR CHALKOGEN ATOM, AND THE PARTIAL ESTERS OF ALL OF THESE ACIDS IN WHICH THE ESTERIFYING GROUPS ARE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF THE PHENYL GROUP AND ALKYL GROUPS OF FROM 1 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS.