Agfa-gevaert Ag

Targor Gmbh

Claus-Peter Niesert

Georg Pawlowski

Carsten Bingel

Willi-Kurt Gries

Klaus-Juergen Przybilla

Roland Zenk

Erich Hubscher

The present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation of metallocenes, which comprises treating at least one metallocene containing at least one double bond and/or at least one aromatic substituent in at least one nonhalogenated solvent with hydrogen in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst.

Process for the hydrogenation of metallocenes

Compounds of the general formula I: (SIL--X--).sub.m IN (I), in which SIL is a radical of the formula Si(R.sup.1)(R.sup.2)(R.sup.3), where R.sup.1 is an alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxy radical of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkenyl radical, an alkenyloxy or acyloxy radical of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl or aryloxy radical of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or a dialkyl-, diaryl- or alkylaryl-methyleneaminooxy radical having C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.6 -aryl groups; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different radicals with the meaning of R.sup.1 or X--IN; X is a group C.sub.n H.sub.2n ; IN is the radical of a compound which is active as a photoinitiator or photosensitizer and which has at least one carbonyl group located on an aromatic nucleus; m is a number from 1 to 4; and n is a number from 2 to 12, or of the formula II: Si.sub.o O.sub.o-1 (--X--IN).sub.p R.sup.4.sub.2o+2-p (II), in which R.sup.4 is a radical with the meaning of R.sup.1, and two or more radicals R.sup.4 may be the same as or different from one another; o is a number from 2 to 20,000; and p is a number from 1 to o, and the symbols X and IN are as defined above, the group X being attached to an aromatic carbon atom which is positioned ortho to the carbonyl group of IN. The compounds are prepared by reacting a compound IN--H with a compound SIL--X' or a compound Si.sub.o O.sub.o-1 (--X').sub.p R.sup.4.sub.2o+2-p in the presence of a ruthenium compound. They are suitable as radical-forming photoinitiators or as photosensitizers in silicone-containing photopolymerizable mixtures, in particular for the production of waterless-printing planographic printing plates.

Silicone-compatible photoinitiators, and photosensitive mixtures

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