Hoya Corporation

Tsuyoshi Ohkubo

Reisuke Okada

Chau Nguyen

Masahisa Kosaka

Takeyuki Sawamoto

Mayumi Kageyama

This invention relates-to a polythiol compound and an optical material therefrom. Having a rigid 1,4-dithian ring which increases the refractive index and Abbe's number, the polythiol compound used for the production of an optical material imparts the optical material with high heat resistance and excellent mechanical properties as well as excellent optical properties.

Polythiol compound, and optical material and product produced therefrom

This invention relates to a polythiol compound and an optical material therefrom. Having a rigid 1,4-dithian ring which increases the refractive index and Abbe's number, the polythiol compound used for the production of an optical material imparts the optical material with high heat resistance and excellent mechanical properties as well as excellent optical properties.

A polymer used for optical products wherein the polymer comprises 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-dithiane skeletons represented by formula (1): ##STR1## and 1,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane skeletons represented by formula (2): ##STR2## and a part of or all of bonds between the 2,5-dimethyl-1,4-dithiane skeleton and the 1,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane skeleton are thiourethane bonds. The polymer exhibits 1.63 or more of refractive index, 35 or more of Abbe's number and 100.degree. C. or more of second-order transition point. The polymer is prepared by polyaddition of 2,5-dimercaptomethyl-1,4-dithiane and 1,3,5-triisocyanatomethylcyclohexane.

Polymer for optical products and process for preparation thereof

The present invention relates to a substrate for information-recording media, which is formed of a polymer containing a specific acrylate-based monomer as an essential component. Since the acrylate-based monomer has a rigid skeleton similar to that of bisphenol A, the substrate for recording media, formed of the polymer of such a monomer, has high hardness and excellent heat resistance. Further, due to six fluorine atoms that the acrylate-based monomer contains, the substrate has advantages of low water absorptivity and easy die removability.

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Hachioji, Japan

Tsuyoshi Ohkubo