Tokuyama Soda Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasuji Kida

Satoshi Imura

Takashi Tanaka

Kenji Tanaka

Kaoru Miura

Ikumi Kawaguchi

Kazuo Shikata

A compound represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a benzyl group, a phenethyl group, an alkylamine group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a dialkylamino group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and ##STR2## represents a nobornylidene group or bicyclo [3,3,1]9-nonylidene group which may have a substituent, and ##STR3## represents a pyridine, quinoline, pyrrole or benzothiophene group which may have a substituent.

Photochromic compound

A photochromic compound represented by the following general formula [I] ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or a divalent heterocyclic group each of which may have a substituent,

Photochromic compound, process for production thereof, use thereof and

Disclosed is a compound represented by the following general formula(I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group or a substituted amino group, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be the same or different, represent an alkyl group, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 together form a nobornylidene group or bicyclo (3, 3, 1) 9-nonylidene group which may have a substituent, and ##STR2## represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or divalent unsaturated heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, with the proviso that when R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represent an alkyl group, ##STR3## represents a bicyclic aromatic fused ring which is substituted with at least one substituent selected form the group consisting of a halgoen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, --R.sub.5 --S--R.sub.6 and ##STR4## (in which R.sub.5 represents an alkylene group or --O--R.sub.8).sub.n (in which R.sub.8 represents an alkylene group and n is a positive integer), R.sub.6 and R.sub.7, which may be the same or different, represent an alkyl group, and X represents --N&lt;, --P&lt;, ##STR5## at least one of the substituents being an alkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, --R.sub.5 --S--R.sub.6 or ##STR6## a composition comprising this compound, and a photochromic lens composed of this composition.

Photochromic compound, composition and use thereof

A compound represented by the following general formula [I] ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## represents a norbornylidene group or an adamantylidene group each of which may have a substituent, and

Photochromic compounds

Photochromatic compounds

A monomeric mixture for a cured polymeric material used as organic glass includes an aromatic di(meth)allyl carbonate (I), an aliphatic di(meth)allyl carbonate (II) and di(meth)allyl carbonate (III) having aromatic and aliphatic moieties. The amount of the di(meth)allyl carbonate of formula (III) is 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 10 parts by weight of the aliphatic di(meth)allyl carbonate of formula (II). The monomeric mixture retains its uniform state without phase separation during long-term storage and gives a cured polymeric material having excellent transparency.

Monomeric mixture for cured polymeric material used in organic glass

A cured resin consisting substantially of a first polymer unit derived from an unsaturated compound having two terminal vinyl groups consisting of bis(alkyleneoxyphenyl)-diacrylates or dimethacrylates, bis(alkyleneoxyphenyl)diallyl ethers, and bis(alkyleneoxyphenyl)diallyl carbonates, and a second polymer unit derived from another unsaturated compound radical-polymerizable with the first-mentioned unsaturated compound, said polymer units being bonded to each other at random. The aforesaid cured resin can be producted by copolymerizing an intimate mixture consisting substantially of at least one compound selected from the first-mentioned unsaturated compounds having two terminal vinyl groups and prepolymers thereof and at least one compound selected from other unsaturated compounds radical-copolymerizable with the first-mentioned unsaturated compounds and prepolymers thereof in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator. A lens composed of the aforesaid cured resin has a high refractive index, excellent transparency and excellent fire retardancy.

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Kudamatsu, Japan

Yasuji Kida