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1-Benzyl-3-methyl-imidazolium hexafluoroantimonate (BMH) was newly synthesized and characterized with FT-IR, 1H-NMR. We synthesized catalysts fulfill requirements for a rapid cure at a moderately elevated temperature in curing the epoxy resin for neat diglycidyl ether bisphenol A (DGBEA). The cure behavior of this resin was investigated at elevated temperature and cure temperature in the presence of 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 wt% of 1-benzyl-3-methyl-imidazolium hexafluoroantimonate (BMH) by mean of differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). Chemical conversion as function of temperature and amount of BMH (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 wt%) were determined from DSC. It was found that BMH were superior latent thermal catalyst for catinonic curing which have a good thermal stability.

Bisphenol of 4,4’-dihydroxy-N-benzylidene-4-aminophenol containing azomethine group was synthesized via condensation of an aromatic amine namely 4-aminophenol with p-hydroxybenz aldehyde. It’s epoxy derivate and epicholorohydrin produced the new liquid crystalline diglycidyl ether of 4,4’-dihydroxy-N-benzylidene-4-aminophenol. A new type of liquid crystalline epoxy and azoemthine hardening agent are characterized at 300°C for 10 min, using c11z as a catalyst. The chemical structures were confirmed by FT-IR,1H-NMR. The curing reaction with 4,4’-dihydroxy-N-benzylidene-4-aminophenol were carried out in the ratio of glycidyl ether of 4,4’-dihydroxy-N-benzy lidene-4-aminophenol/azomethine hardening 1:0.8. The degree of crystallinity studied by X-ray diffractometer, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscope (POM).