Ciba-geigy Corporation

Ljubomir Misev

David G Leppard

Manfred Kohler

Godwin Berner

Gebhard Hug

Ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable compounds can be cured with daylight or with light sources equivalent to daylight by using as hardener a photoinitiator of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl or biphenyl,

Daylight curing compositions containing bisacylphosphine oxide

Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, independently of one another, are phenyl which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted to tetrasubstituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not decyl if R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are chlorine-substituted phenyl, are suitable for the photopolymerisation of compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.

Photopolymerizable compositions containing an alkylbisacylphosphine oxide

Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, independently of one another, are phenyl which is unsubstituted or monosubstituted to tetrasubstituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not decyl if R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are chlorine-substituted phenyl, are suitable for the photopolymerization of compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated double bonds.

Alkylbisacylphosphine oxides

Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1, p is a number from 1 to 8,

Benzoyl-substituted phosphabicycloalkanes and

A carrier film is coated on one side with a radiation curable paint and on the other with an adhesive. The paint is partially cured by irradiation, the carrier film is heated and, in the thermoplastic state, applied by deep drawing to a three-dimensional substrate. In a final step the paint is completely cured by heat.

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