Curable resin composition comprising cyanate ester and cyclopentadiene

Claim 2

A curable resin composition comprising: (a) at least one cyanate ester compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a polyfunctional aromatic cyanate ester monomer having the formula: R--O--C.tbd.N).sub.m wherein m is 2 to 5 and R is an aromatic organic group, the cyanate group being bonded to an aromatic ring of said aromatic organic group, (2) a homoprepolymer of one or more cyanate esters of (1), and (3) a coprepolymer of (1) and an amine; and (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a cyclopentadiene, (2) a dicyclopentadiene, and (3) a polycyclopentadiene, said composition including a mixture of components (a) and (b), a preliminary reaction product of components (a) and (b), or the combination of said mixture and said preliminary reaction product.

Claim 3

The composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the cyanate ester is selected from the group consisting of 1,3-,1,4-dicyanatobenzene; 1,3,5-tricyanatobenzene; 1,3-, 1,4-, 1,6-, 1,8-, 2,6- or 2,7-dicyanatonaphthalene; 1,3,6-tricyanatoaphthalene; 4,4'-dicyanatobiphenyl; bis(4-cyanathophenyl)methane; 2,2-bis(4-cyanatophenyl)propane, 2,2-bis(3,5-dichloro-4-cyanatophenyl)propane, 2,2-bis(3-dibromo-4-dicyanatophenyl)propane; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)ether; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)thioether; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)sulfone; tris(4-cyanatophenyl)phosphite; tris(4-cyanatophenyl)phosphate; bis(3-chloro-4-cyanatophenyl)methane; cynated novolak produced by reacting a novolak with cyanogen halide, cyanated bisphenol polycarbonate oligomer produced by reacting a bisphenol polycarbonate oligomer with cyanogen halide; and mixtures thereof.

Claim 4

The composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the component (b) is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene monomer, cyclopentadiene dimer, dicyclopentadiene resin and mixtures thereof.

Claim 5

The composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the ratio by weight of component (a) to component (b) is in the range of from 99:1 to 1:99.

Claim 6

A curable resin composition comprising: (a) at least one cyanate ester compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a polyfunctional aromatic cyanate ester monomer having the formula: R--O--C.tbd.N).sub.m wherein m is 2 to 5 and R is an aromatic organic group, the cyanate groups being bonded to an aromatic ring of said aromatic organic group, (2) a homoprepolymer of one or more cyanate esters of (1), and (3) a coprepolymer of (1) and an amine; (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a cyclopentadiene, (2) a dicyclopentadiene, and (3) a polycyclopentadiene, (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a polyfunctional maleimide, (2) a homoprepolymer of one or more maleimides of (1), and (3) a coprepolymer of (1) and an amine, said composition including a mixture of components (a), (b) and (c), a preliminary reaction product of components (a), (b) and (c), the combination of said mixture and said preliminary reaction product, the combination of (a) and the preliminary reaction product of (b) and (c), the combination of (b) and the preliminary reaction product of (a) and (c), or the combination of (c) and the preliminary reaction product of (a) and (b).

Claim 7

A curable resin composition comprising: (a) at least one cyanate ester compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a polyfunctional aromatic cyanate ester monomer having the formula: R--O--C.tbd.N).sub.m wherein m is 2 to 5 and R is an aromatic organic group, the cyanate groups being bonded to an aromatic ring of said aromatic organic group, (2) a homoprepolymer of one or more cyanate esters of (1), and (3) a coprepolymer of (1) and an amine; (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a cyclopentadiene, (2) a dicyclopentadiene, and (3) a polycyclopentadiene, (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (1) a polyfunctional maleimide, (2) a homoprepolymer of one or more maleimides of (1), and (3) a coprepolymer of (1) and an amine, said composition including a mixture of components (a), (b) and (c), a preliminary reaction product of components (a), (b) and (c), the combination of said mixture and said preliminary reaction product, the combination of (a) and the preliminary reaction product of (b) and (c), the combination of (b) and the preliminary reaction product of (a) and (c), or the combination of (c) and the preliminary reaction product of (a) and (b).

Claim 8

The composition as defined in claim 5 wherein the cyanate ester is selected from the group consisting of 1,3-, or 1,4-dicyanatobenzene; 1,3,5-tricyanatobenzene; 1,3-, 1,4-, 1,6-, 1,8-, 2,6- or 2,7-dicyanatonaphthalene; 1,3,6-tricyanatonaphthalene; 4,4'-dicyanatobiphenyl; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)methane; 2,2-bis(4-cyanatophenyl)propane; 2,2-bis(3,5-dichloro-4-cyantophenyl)propane; 2,2-bis(3,5-dibromo-4-dicyanatophenyl)propane; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)ether; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)thioether; bis(4-cyanatophenyl)sulfone; tris(4-cyanatophenyl)phosphite; tris(4-cyanatophenyl)phosphate; bis(3-chloro-4-cyanatophenyl)methane; cyanated novolak produced by reacting a novolak, with cyanogen halide; cyanated bisphenol polycarbonate oligomer produced by reacting a bisphenol polycarbonate oligomer with cyanogen halide; and mixtures thereof.

Claim 9

The composition as defined in claim 5 wherein the component (b) is selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene monomer, cyclopentadiene dimer, dicyclopentadiene resin and mixtures thereof.

Claim 10

The composition as defined in claim 5 wherein the ratio by weight of component (a) and component (b) is in the range from 99:1 to 1:99.