Tokuyama Corporation

Junji Takenaka

Junji Momoda

Shinobu Izumi

Masayuki Miyazaki

Toshiaki Takahashi

Yasutomo Shimizu

Kazuhiro Teranishi

Ayako Ohara

Taichi Hanasaki

Mitsuyoshi Sando

Katsuhiro Mori

Hironobu Nagoh

Takayoshi Kawasaki

Takashi Tamukai

Takao Noguchi

Hiromasa Yamamoto

Toshimitsu Hiraren

Shozo Kato

Toshiaki Otani

Kenji Tanaka

Masahiko Ishizaki

Seiji Nagata

Nobumasa Kuwashima

Kayoko Takagi

Yoshihiro Asahara

Miyazaki Masayuki

A chromene compound which can exhibit excellent photochromic properties. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, at least one of Ror Rrepresents the group having the radical-polymerizable group, wherein the group having a radical-polymerizable group is represented by the following formula (2) (wherein Rrepresents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and 1 represents an integer of from 0 to 50); and the ring Z that is represented by the following formula (Z) and is spiro-bonded to a carbon atom located at position-13 in the formula (1) is preferably an aliphatic cyclic group that may have a substituent, the group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms for forming the ring together with the carbon atom at the 13-position, or the like.

Chromene compound and photochromic optical article

Provided is a moisture curable polyurethane composition that is a moisture curable polyurethane having an isocyanate group on one end of a molecule thereof. The moisture curable polyurethane composition contains a moisture curable polyurethane (A) and an organic solvent (B). The moisture curable polyurethane (A) is obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups in a molecule thereof (A1) with a low-molecular weight polyol compound having at least two hydroxyl groups in a molecule thereof and having a number average molecular weight of 50-300 (A2). Also provided is a laminate including an optical substrate and a polyurethane resin layer comprising the moisture curable polyurethane composition.

Moisture curable polyurethane composition and laminate

A photochromic hydroxyurethane compound of the present invention is characterized in that, on condition of having at least one photochromic moiety as the photochromic minimal unit in a molecule, it has a hydroxyurethane constitutional unit represented by Formula (1):—X—O—CO—NH—  (1)In the formula, X is an oxygen-containing chain organic group having a hydroxyl group as a substituent, or a hydrogen atom in the hydroxyl group is substituted by any one of (A): a photochromic group having the photochromic moiety; (B): a polymerization reactive group having a polymerizable substituent; (C) an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; (D) a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; or (E): an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms (each of the groups (C)-(E) can be bonded to an oxygen atom derived from the hydroxyl group via the oxygen-containing chain organic group).

Photochromic hydroxyurethane compound

A method of producing a plastic lens having a cured coating layer, comprising the steps of:

Method of producing a plastic lens having a coating layer

The present invention relates to a curable composition for an optical material, containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a radical polymerizable monomer, (B) 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of an ultraviolet absorber composed of a benzotriazole compound having a specific structure, which has a maximum absorption wavelength of 360 nm or more and less than 380 nm and an absolute value of the difference in solubility parameter (SP value) from the radical polymerizable monomer (A) of 5.5 (cal/cm)or less, (C) 1 to 5 parts by mass of an ultraviolet absorber which is at least one selected from a benzotriazole compound, a benzophenone compound and a triazine compound and has a maximum absorption wavelength of less than 360 nm, and (D) 0.05 to 0.5 parts by mass of a radical polymerization initiator. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a curable composition for an optical material which has an ability to cut ultraviolet rays and blue light and can be suitably used as a coating material having good storage stability and weather resistance.

Curable composition for optical materials, and optical material

The present invention is an optical material composition containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a polymerizable monomer, and (B) 0.001 to 0.3 parts by mass of a UV absorbent having a maximum absorption wavelength of 360 nm or more and less than 380 nm and having a specific structure, and an optical material formed of the composition. According to the present invention, there can be provided an optical material composition containing a UV absorbent and having good long-term storage stability, and an optical material formed of the composition, in particular, an optical material composition capable of forming a plastic lens having a high blue light cut rate.

Optical material composition and optical material

The present invention relates to a curable composition for an optical material, containing (A) 100 parts by mass of a radical polymerizable monomer, (B) 0.005 to 0.5 parts by mass of a tetraazaporphyrin compound having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 560 nm or more and 620 nm or less, and (C) 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an ultraviolet absorber having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 330 nm or more and 350 nm or less. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a curable composition for an optical material, capable of being suitably used as a coating material that can easily provide an optical material having good antiglare properties and excellent weather resistance.

The invention is a photochromic compound having an indenonaphthopyran skeleton, and the indenonaphthopyran skeleton has an alkenyl group having 10 to 30 carbon atoms, and an oligomer chain group A having 3 or more recurring units selected from a polyalkylene oxide oligomer chain group, a polyester oligomer chain group, a polysiloxane chain group and a polyester polyether oligomer chain group. The invention can provide a photochromic compound capable of expressing excellent photochromic characteristics in various cured products and capable of preventing cured products from becoming cloudy.

Photochromic compound, curable composition containing said photochromic compound, and optical article

The present invention relates to a photochromic compound including a polyvalent residue on which at least one group having a photochromic moiety is substituted, and at least one long-chain group not containing a photochromic moiety and having a molecular weight of 300 or more is further substituted; and a curable composition containing the same. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to provide a photochromic compound which has high solubility in a polymerizable compound serving as a matrix while retaining high photochromic characteristics and is hardly affected by the matrix; and a curable composition containing the same.

Photochromic compound and curable composition containing said photochromic compound

A photochromic curable composition comprising a radically polymerizable monomer having at least one oxetanyl group in one molecule, a photochromic compound and radically polymerizable monomers other than the above polymerizable monomer, and a photochromic cured body obtained by polymerizing the photochromic curable composition.

Photochromic curable composition

A chromene compound having at least one indenonaphthopyran moiety which has a group forming a spiro ring together with the 13-position carbon atom and further an oligomer chain group selected from a polyalkylene oxide oligomer chain group having at least three recurring units and a polyester oligomer chain group having at least three recurring units, represented by the following formula and having reduced matrix dependence: wherein Rand Rare each a group which may have an oligomer chain group, the ring Z bonded to the 13-position carbon atom of the chromene compound is a Spiro ring group, and Rand Rare each an aryl group or heteroaryl group which may have an oligomer chain group. Preferably, the chromene compound has at least one oligomer chain group in the molecule.

Chromene compound, curable composition comprising the compound, and optical article including a cured body of the curable composition

A photochromic polyrotaxane compound which comprises an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules clathrating the axial molecule, wherein at least one side chain containing a photochromic moiety is bonded to at least one of the cyclic molecules, and a curable composition comprising the photochromic polyrotaxane compound and a polymerizable compound.

Photochromic polyrotaxane compound and curable composition comprising the photochromic polyrotaxane compound

To provide a photocurable resin composition comprising an N-vinyl amide compound, a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate monomer and a photopolymerization initiator and having excellent adhesion to an optical substrate and free from an appearance defect such as a crack or shrinkage and a laminate having a coat layer obtained by curing the photocurable resin composition.

Photocurable resin composition

A curable composition which comprises a carbonate-based polymerizable monomer represented by the following formula, other polymerizable monomers and a photochromic compound, can be used even under high-temperature and high-humidity conditions without any problems and provides a cured product having excellent photochromic properties. wherein A and A' are each a linear or branched alkylene group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, 'a' is an average value of 1 to 20, when there are a plurality of A's, A's may be the same or different, Ris a hydrogen atom or methyl group, and Ris a (meth)acryloyloxy group or hydroxyl group.

Photochromic curable composition, cured product thereof and laminate including the cured product

A photochromic curable composition comprising, as radically polymerizable component (A), a silsesquioxane component (A1) having a radically polymerizable group and a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer (A2) represented by the following general formula (1), 

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Junji Takenaka