Patent ID: 8604235

Claim:
A substituted phenylene aromatic diester of the structure (II): wherein R 1 -R 14 are the same or different, R 1 is not an isopropyl group or a tertiary alkyl group, and each of R 1 and R 3 is selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halohydrocarbyl group, a halogen, a silicon-containing hydrocarbyl group, and combinations thereof; and each of R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 -R 14 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halohydrocarbyl group, a halogen, and combinations thereof; and at least one of R 5 -R 14 is a C 1 -C 8 alkyl group or a halogen.