chloride (AlCl3, from Alfa), TPC (from TCI), IPC (from
TCI), 2,6-dimethylphenol (from Acros), 2,3,6-dimethylphenol (from
Acros), and phenol DCPD novolac epoxy with an EEW of 250 g/equiv were
kindly supplied by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Corporation under the
commercial name of HP-7200. 4-Dimethylaminopyrdine (DMAP, from Alfa),
Imi (from Acros), 2-MI (from Aldrich), TPP (from Alfa), and 2,4,5-TPI
(from Alfa) were used as received without purification. o-Dichlorobenzene (from Acros), N-methylpyrrolidone
(NMP from Tedia), DMAc (from Tedia), MEK (from Acros), and other solvents
used for the solubility test are HPLC or ACS grade and were used as
received without purification.