Epoxy resins from hydroxy benzamides

Claim 1

The product resulting from curing a curable composition containing an epoxy resin or mixture of epoxy resins represented by the following formulas I, II or III ##STR3## wherein each R is a divalent hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms, a group represented by the following formulas IV, V, VI or VII ##STR4## or R can combine with R 1 so as to form a stable heterocyclic ring with the nitrogen atoms; each A is independently a divalent hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, ##STR5## each R 1 is independently hydrogen, a 2,3-epoxypropyl group, a 2-alkyl-2,3-epoxypropyl group, a monovalent hydrocarbyl group, or a hydroxyl substituted monovalent hydrocarbyl group, said hydrocarbyl groups having from 1 to about 9 carbon atoms, said alkyl having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms; each R 2 and R 3 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms; each R 4 is independently hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl group or a halogen substituted hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to about 9 carbon atoms; each R 8 is independently selected from the group represented by the following formula XIV ##STR6## or the same group as R 1 except that R 8 cannot be hydrogen; each R 9 is a divalent hydrocarbyl group having from two to about 4 carbon atoms; each X is independently hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or a hydrocarbyl or hydrocarbyloxy group having from 1 to about 9 carbon atoms; each m independently has a value of zero or 1; n has an average value of from about 0.01 to about 6; p has an average value of from 1 to about 10; q has an average value of at least 1; and each y and z independently has a value of 1 or 2.