Patent ID: 8288003

Claim:
A novel phenolic compound having a chemical structure represented by a structural formula (I) below: wherein, in the structural formula (I), Ar represents a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring; Fc represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group; and Z represents a structural unit represented by a structural formula z1 below: wherein, in the structural formula z1, R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a phenyl group, or an aralkyl group; R 5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and n represents a number of a substituent OR on an aromatic nucleus and is 1 to 3.