Patent ID: 7468415

Claim:
A method for the synthesis of a glycidyloxystyrene monomer or a substituted glycidyloxystyrene monomer comprising the steps of: a) providing a phenolic substrate having the general structure: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are H, OH, OCH 3 , OR 8 , or linear or branched alkyl, aryl, halo, or cyano; R 6 and R 7 are H, halo, or cyano; R 8 is linear or branched alkyl or aryl; provided that at least one of R 1, R 3 , or R 5 is OH; b) providing a reaction mixture comprising: i) a non-amine basic catalyst; and ii) at least one aprotic, polar solvent; c) contacting the phenolic substrate of (a) with the reaction mixture of (b) at a temperature of at least about 100° C. for a time sufficient for the decarboxylation of the phenolic substrate to a decarboxylated product; d) contacting the decarboxylated product of (c) with a halomethyl-oxirane and a basic catalyst at a temperature between about 20° C. and about 120° C. for a time sufficient for glycidyloxystyrene monomer or substituted glycidyloxystyrene monomer synthesis; and e) optionally recovering the glycidyloxystyrene monomer or substituted glycidyloxystyrene monomer.