M-Cresol → Tar acids, methylphenol fraction

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Into a 1 L four-necked flask equipped with a reflux tube, stirring apparatus and thermometer were charged 87.3 g of m-cresol, 131.0 g of p-cresol, 6.1 g of oxalic acid dihydrate, 59.3 g of 90% acetic acid and 203 g of methyl isobutyl ketone and the mixture was heated up to 80° C. Into this was dropped 94.2 g of a 37% formaldehyde aqueous solution over 1 hour. Thereafter, the mixture was heated up to reflux temperature and kept at the same temperature for 12 hours. The resulted reaction solution was diluted with methyl isobutyl ketone, and washed with water and dehydrated, to obtain a 38.0% methyl isobutyl ketone solution of a novolak resin. 384 g of this resin solution was charged into a 5 L bottom-discharging type flask, diluted with 574 g of methyl isobutyl ketone, and 764 g of n-heptane was charged and the mixture was stirred at 60° C. and allowed to stand still, then, separated to obtain a novolak resin solution in the lower layer. This novolak resin solution was diluted with propylene glycol methyl ether acetate and then concentrated, to obtain a propylene glycol methyl ether acetate solution of a novolak resin. This resin is called resin A6.

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