Method of producing phenolate ester compounds

A method of preparing a compound that has a chemical structure of the following formula:

• [R1—Ph—O]aX(R2)b(R3)c(OR)n-a-b-c
• where
• X=Si, Ti, Zr, Mo, Mn, Cr, W, Hf, Ge, Sn, Pb where n=4 or X=B, V, Al, Ga, In where n=3 or X=Zn, Ni, Cu alkaline earth where n=2
• R1=O—H, H, O—Y or an organic side chain
• Y=an element which is different from or the same as X and has appropriate substituents
• R2=alkyl group or functional organic side chain
• R3=an organic side chain that is the same as or different from R2
• Ph=aryl group
• R=alkyl group
• a is an integer between 1 and n;
• b=0 or 1 and c=0 or 1, and a+b+c=n,
• the aryl group being part of an organic compound containing phenol, cresol (o-, m-, p-cresol), naphthol (α-, β-naphthol), thymol, pyrocatechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, 1,4-naphthohydroquinone, phloroglucinol (1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene), lignin, pyrogallol (1,2,3-trihydroxybenzene, hydroxyhydroquinone (1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene), dihydroxybiphenyl, bis(hydroxyphenyl)alkane, bis(hydroxyphenyl)cycloalkane, bis(hydroxyphenyl)-sulfide, bis(hydroxyphenyl)ether, bis(hydroxyphenyl)ketone, bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-sulfone, bis(hydroxyphenyl)sulfoxide, a,a′-bis(hydroxyphenyl)diisopropylbenzene and their ring-alkylated or ring-halogenated derivatives, or a,w-bis(hydroxyphenyl)polysiloxane, 4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (bisphenol A), 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane, 2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylbutane, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-phenylethane, 1,1-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-p-diisopropylbenzene, 1,3-bis[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-propyl]benzene, 2,2-bis(3-methyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, 2,2-bis(3-chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, bis(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)methane, 2,2-bis(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, bis(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-sulfone, 2,4-bis(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methylbutane, 2,2-bis-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl propane or 2,2-bis(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane,
• a phenolic compound being heated with a silane at temperatures of 60-200° C. with addition of 0.1 to 5 wt. % catalysts, alcohol being eliminated,
• and at least 25 mol. % of the functional groups being Ph—O—Si linkages.