NEW ESTER COMPOUND HAVING ISOCYANURIC ACID RING AND ITS PRODUCTION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a new compound assuming a liquid state readily handleable at normal temperatures and polymerizable with thermal energy or radiation energy such as ultraviolet radiations or electron beams and excellent in physical properties as a cured product. SOLUTION: This compound is represented by formula I (R1 is H or formula II; and R2 is H or CH3). The compound represented by formula I can be produced by a method, etc. for reacting, e.g. (A) 1,3,5-tris(2-carboxyethyl) isocyanurate or (B) 1,3-bis(2-carboxyethyl)isocyanurate with (C) thionyl chloride and reacting (D) the resultant chloroformyl compound represented by formula III (R is H or formula IV) with (E) 2-hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate. The compound represented by formula I is useful as a modifier and a cross-linking agent component for adhesives, thermosetting coating materials, photo-setting coating materials, photo-setting resins, molding materials or the like.