Patent ID: 8765356

Claim:
A molecular glass compound comprising: A.) a tetrameric reaction product of: an aromatic compound of formula (I): C 6 R 1 x (OR 2 ) y (I) wherein R 1 is H, F, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 haloalkyl, C 6-20 aryl, C 6-20 haloaryl, C 7-20 aralkyl, or C 7-20 haloaralkyl, R 2 is H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 haloalkyl, x is 6-y and y is 2 or 3, at least one OR 2 group is a hydroxy group, and at least two OR 2 groups are meta to one another, and a polycyclic or fused polycyclic aromatic aldehyde of formula (II) Ar 1 —CHO (II) wherein Ar 1 is a substituted, halosubstituted or unsubstituted C 4-20 heterocyclic aromatic-containing moiety, or a substituted, halosubstituted or unsubstituted C 8-20 fused polycylic aromatic moiety, and B.) an acid-removable protecting group as an adduct with the hydroxy group of the aromatic compound, a hydroxy group of the polycyclic or fused polycyclic aromatic aldehyde, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; wherein the acid-removable protecting group is the adduct of an aromatic vinyl ether represented by formula (VI) C(R 9 ) 2 ═C(R 10 )—O-(L) n -R 11 (VI) wherein R 9 and R 10 are each independently a single bond, H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 haloalkyl, C 6-20 aryl, C 6-20 haloaryl, C 7-20 aralkyl, or C 7-20 haloaralkyl, L is a C 1-20 linking group, n is 0 or 1, and R 11 is a substituted or unsubstituted, monocyclic, polycyclic or fused polycyclic C 1-20 aliphatic group or C 6-20 aromatic-containing group, wherein R 9 and R 10 are connected to R 11 when either or both of R 9 and R 10 is a single bond and n is 0.