Patent ID: 8907044

Claim:
A polycarbonate resin comprising: a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (2), and a structural unit derived from at least one dihydroxy compounds selected from the group consisting of a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (3), a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (4), a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (5) and a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (6), wherein: the content of structural units derived from dihydroxy compounds represented by the following formulae (3) to (6) is from 0.1 wt % to less than 4.5 wt % based on the total of structural units derived from dihydroxy compounds in the polycarbonate resin: wherein each of R 1 to R 4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, each of X 1 and X 2 independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 10, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and each of m and n is independently an integer of 0 to 5; wherein R 5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; HO—CH 2 —R 6 —CH 2 —OH (4) wherein R 6 represents a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms; H—(O—R 7 ) p —OH (5) wherein R 7 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and p is an integer of 2 to 50; HO—R 8 —OH (6) wherein R 8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or a group containing a substituted or unsubstituted acetal ring.