Liquid epoxy resin composition useful for making polymers

A liquid epoxy resin composition suitable for use in forming a polyether polymer that can be used to coat a food or beverage container;

• wherein the liquid epoxy resin composition is a liquid at 20° C. and atmospheric pressure and is substantially free of bisphenol A, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, epoxides of bisphenol A, epoxides of bisphenol F, and epoxides of bisphenol S;
• wherein the liquid epoxy resin composition is prepared from reactants comprising one or more epihalohydrins and one or more ortho-substituted diphenol compounds comprising an organic ortho-substituted group;
• wherein the liquid epoxy resin composition comprises diepoxide resins comprising a base structure unit derived from the one or more ortho-substituted diphenol compounds and an “n” number of additional structural units derived from the one or more ortho-substituted diphenol compounds;
• wherein the liquid epoxy resin composition comprises more than 60 and less than about 75 weight percent of n=0 diepoxide resins derived from the one or more ortho-substituted diphenol compounds and at least 15 and less than about 25 weight percent of n=1 diepoxide resins derived from the one or more ortho-substituted diphenol compounds, based on the total weight of any unreacted ortho-substituted diphenol compounds that may be present and any compounds including at least one structural unit derived from the one or more ortho- substituted diphenol compounds;
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• wherein the liquid epoxy resin composition has a hydrolysable chloride content of less than or equal to 0.05 weight percent.