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• the object of the present invention is :
• compositions which contain at least one monofunctional monomer with at least one difunctional monomer ;
• Photochromic transparent organic materials which . have good photochromic properties are described in US patent US-A-5,973,039. They are based on a tetraethoxylated bisphenol A dimethacrylate homopolymer and contain suitable photochromic colorants. The polymerisation is carried out in the presence of a suitable radical polymerisation initiator. The optical quality of these materials does however reveal to be insufficient for ophthalmic applications.
• US patent US-A-5,349,035 proposes, in order to minimise, even prevent optical constraints, to combine at least one other monomer, notably of styrene, with a dimethacrylate type monomer (and notably with that set forth supra), and to carry out the copolymerisation in the presence of an effective amount of a chain transfer agent.
• the matrix obtained is however not suitable for expressing the photochromic properties of photochromic colorants. Said matrix notably has fading kinetics which are much too slow.
• the present invention thus relates to radically polymerisable compositions which contains specific radically copolymerisable monofunctional monomers.
• Said specific monofunctional monomers are of formula (I) below :
• Ri and R 2 which are identical or different, independently are hydrogen or an alkyl radical, which is linear or branched, advantageously linear, and comprises 1 to 4 carbon atoms ; and particularly advantageously correspond to a methyl grou ;
• R 3 and R which are different, independently are one hydrogen and the other an alkenyl radical comprising 2 to 6 carbon atoms, advantageously 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and particularly advantageously an isopropenyl radical ;
• - Z represents a carbamate function (-NH-CO-O-), a thiocarbamate function (-NH-CO-S-), a urea function (-NH-CO-NR 7 , with R 7 which represents a hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group which comprises 1 to 6 carbon atoms) or an oxazolidone function
• R 5 is selected from the group comprising :
• R groups which are identical or different when m > 2, are alkylene radicals, which are linear or branched, and which comprise 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and m is an integer, such that the total number of carbon atoms of said alkylene oxide radicals and polyalkylene oxide chains be between 2 and 112 ; + ester radicals and polyester chains of formula
• R groups which are identical or different when n > 2, are alkylene radicals, which are linear or branched, and which comprise 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is an integer, such that the total number of carbon atoms of said ester radicals and polyester chains be between 2 and 168 ; + siloxane radicals and polysiloxane chains of formula
• R' groups and the R' ' groups which are independently identical or different when n > 2, are alkyl radicals which comprise 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and n is an integer between 1 and 18 ;
• R 3 or R 4 which is an alkenyl radical, advantageously an isopropenyl radical, constitutes the functional group of the (monofunctional) monomers.
• R 3 advantageously represents an isopropenyl radical (whereas R 4 represents hydrogen).
• R 5 constitutes the group of said monofunctional monomers which confers flexibility to the final copolymer.
• R 6 is the terminal group of the chain. The nature of said terminal group is not a determining factor. It is advantageously a linear, cyclic or branched alkyl group which comprises 1 to 9 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 4 carbon atoms) or an aryl group selected from optionally substituted phenyl and naphthyl groups.
• R 5 advantageously represents an alkylene oxide radical or a polyalkylene oxide chain.
• R 5 is selected from : an ethylene oxide radical, a polyethylene oxide chain, a propylene oxide radical, a polypropylene oxide chain, a tetramethylene oxide radical, and a polytetramethylene oxide chain.
• monofunctional monomers can be obtained without any particular difficulty by condensation of an isocyanate-bearing unsaturated compound such as 3-isopro ⁇ enyl- ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylbenzylisocyanate (notably marketed under the reference m-TMi ® by the company CYTEC) and of an amine-, hydroxyl-, thiol-, or epoxy-bearing compound which contains a flexible group (R 5 ).
• the reagents in question are :
• the present invention relates to radically polymerisable compositions which contain at least one monofunctional monomer as defined above and at least one monomer of an other type which is copolymerisable with said monofunctional monomer(s) and which is as defined below (one difunctional monomer).
• the described monofunctional monomers are in fact comonomers of choice, which can improve the copolymerisation in question and which can confer the flexibility sought after to the copolymer resulting from the copolymerisation.
• the Applicant incorpores as partners for copolymerisation : - at least one monofunctional monomer as defined above ; and - at least one difunctional monomer selected from the monomers of formulae (H) and (IH) specified below.
• diacrylate monomers dimethacrylate monomers, even mixed acrylate and methacrylate monomers (reference is made to values of Ri and R' i in said formulae (H) and (HI)).
• Such short chain difunctional monomers bring about rigidity to the final resin.
• R t and R' l5 which are identical or different, independently are hydrogen or a methyl group
• - R is an alkylene radical, which is linear or branched, and which comprises 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkylene radical comprising 3 to 6 carbon atoms, an ether radical of formula (R'-O-R") in which R' and R", which are identical or different, independently are an alkylene radical, which is linear or branched, and which comprises 2 to 4 carbon atoms
• R formula (HI) :
• CH 2 C — C- (OCHR-CH 2 ) m 0 ( U ) ) C ( (
• ) 0 ⁇ ( CH.-CHR ' 0)-C-C CH 2
• - Ri, R' ⁇ , R and R' which are identical or different, independently are hydrogen or a methyl group ;
• - m and n are, independently, integers between 0 and 4 (inclusive) ; and are advantageously independently equal to 1 or 2 ;
• - X and X' which are identical or different, are a halogen and preferably represent chlorine and/or bromine ;
• compositions of the invention can contain :
• one or more symmetrical difunctional monomers of formula (IH) are used.
• Monomers of formula (II) or (HI) are qualified as symmetrical, when R and R' ⁇ groups are identical, the same applies for the R and R' groups, and the substituents X and X' for the compounds of formula (HI).
• Said symmetrical monomers of formula (HI) are known and are available commercially or are easily accessible to the person skilled in the art.
• said monomers which do not possess a halogen on the aromatic rings correspond to the first monomers of formula (I) in the sense of document WO-A-92 05209.
• Said monomers of formula (HI) having halogen(s) on the aromatic ring(s) are obtained easily by the person skilled in the art by using derivatives which are suitably substituted on said aromatic ring(s).
• Said monomer is marketed notably by the company AKZO NOBEL (NL) under the commercial denomination DIACRYL 121.
• the monomers of formula (H) are also well known and result from the classical reaction of an aliphatic diol and a short chain alkylene glycol (with a maximum of 8 carbon atoms in said chain) with at least one type of (meth)acrylic derivative depending on whether it is desired to obtain monomers of formula (H) which are symmetrical or asymmetrical at their ends.
• the Applicant has obtained resins with interesting optical properties, and notably very efficient photochromic resins from mixtures of monomers of formulae :
• Said photochromic resins have fading kinetics (return to the non-darkened state) which are particularly rapid.
• compositions of the invention contain another copolymerisation partner which can confer flexibility to the final copolymer, and notably at least one difunctional monomer of formula (TV) (called long chain monomer)
• - Ri, R' ⁇ , R 2 and R' 2 which are identical or different, independently are hydrogen or an alkyl radical, which is linear or branched, advantageously linear, and which comprises 1 to 4 carbon atoms ; and particularly advantageously corresponds to a methyl group ;
• R 3 and R which are different, independently are one hydrogen and the other an alkenyl radical comprising 2 to 6 carbon atoms, advantageously 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and particularly advantageously an isopropenyl radical ;
• - Z represents a carbamate function (-NH-CO-O-), a thiocarbamate function
• - 71 independent of Z and advantageously respectively with respect to Z, represents a carbamate function (-O-CO-NH-), a thiocarbamate function (-S-CO-NH-), a urea function (-NH-CO-NH-) or an oxazolidone function
• R' represents an alkylene radical, which is linear or branched, and which comprises 2 to 4 carbon atoms ;
• n > 2 is an alkylene radical, which is linear or branched, and which comprises 2 to 4 carbon atoms ;
• n is an integer defined such that the total number of carbon atoms, contained in the long chain situated between the two units Z and Z', be at least equal to 18 and advantageously be between 18 and 112 (inclusive).
• This type of long chain difunctional monomer, of formula (TV) corresponds to the difunctional monomers of type (b), of formula (B), (B') and (B") of the document WO-A-98 50443.
• the teaching of document WO-A-98 corresponds to the difunctional monomers of type (b), of formula (B), (B') and (B") of the document WO-A-98 50443.
• compositions of the invention can therefore contain difunctional monomers of said formula (IV) as monomers which can confer flexibility, in addition to the monofunctional monomers of formula (I).
• difunctional monomers of said formula (IV) as monomers which can confer flexibility, in addition to the monofunctional monomers of formula (I).
• the person skilled in the art in view of the result sought after, will know how to optimise the relative proportions of the different types of monomers present.
• compositions of the invention - jointly containing monomers of formula (I) and of formula (H) and/or (HI) - can also further contain : - at least one aromatic monovinylic monomer of formula (C) :
• R t H or CH 3 ; and/or - at least one aromatic divinylic monomer of formula (D) :
• R] H or CH 3 ;
• the vinylic monomers of formula (C) - styrene and/or methylstyrene - are advantageously incorporated in order to lower the viscosity of the mixtures of comonomers, to reduce the density of cross-linking of the copolymer, and to adjust the refractive index of it.
• the compounds of formula (D) consist of divinylbenzene (DVB) and di(isopropenyl)benzene.
• the incorporation of at least one compound of formula (D) can reveal to be advantageous notably in that said compound in general tempers the effects of the compound(s) of formula (C).
• the beneficial effect of such a compound of formula (D) has been notably demonstrated upon the expression of photochromic properties.
• the polymerisable composition of the invention advantageously also contains at least one compound of formula (E).
• This is a (meth)acrylic monomer as defined above. Notably, it can be butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, 2- ethylhexyl, benzyl or phenoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, or even ethyltriglycol(meth)acrylate.
• this type of compound can reveal to be advantageous for adjusting the viscosity of the mixture of comonomers, the density of cross-linking of the copolymer, the refractive index of said copolymer, for the turning out (from the mould) of said copolymer and for the implementation of finishing treatments of the latter.
• the polymerisable composition can also contain diallylphthalate which notably enables the index and/or other optical and mechanical properties to be adjusted.
• the polymerisable composition of the invention can advantageously further contain at least one acrylic monomer which has at least three reactive functions (which generally has 3, 4, 5 or 6 reactive functions).
• a monomer is incorporated as a monomer which constitutes the final matrix, but above all as a copolymerisation accelerator.
• it is selected from : + pentaerythritol triacrylate, + pentaerythritol tetraacrylate,
• a difunctional acrylic monomer or in addition to a suitable mixture of monomers improves the polymerisation kinetics, without inducing a fault in the final product.
• said acrylic monomer(s), which is or are at least trifunctional and which is or are polymerisation accelerators is or are incorporated at the rate of 2 to 10%, advantageously 4 to 6% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the mixture of monomers to be copolymerised.
• the incorporation of compounds of formula (C) and/or (D) and/or (E) and/or of diallylphthalate and/or of at least one acrylic monomer which is functionalised at least three times is not mandatory. The incorporation does however reveal to be generally advantageous.
• the polymerisable compositions of the invention generally contain an effective amount of at least one radical polymerisation initiator, in addition to all the above compounds.
• Said intervening radical polymerisation initiator(s) may be thermal or photochemical.
• a single type of initiator thermal or photochemical
• two types of initiators thermal and photochemical
• Said intervening radical polymerisation initiator(s) must be “inert” towards the photochromic colorant(s) optionally present.
• the intervening radical polymerisation initiator(s) is (are) advantageously selected from the diazo compounds.
• diazo compounds are familiar to the person skilled in the art and are commercially available. Examples of such diazo compounds are 2,2'- azobisisobutyronitrile (AD3N), 2,2'-azobis(2-methylbutyronitrile)(AMBN) and 2,2'-azobis(2,4-dimethylpentanenitrile) (ADVN).
• the thermal radical polymerisation initiator(s) is(are) used in an effective quantity, generally at a rate of 0.01 to 1% by weight, preferably from 0.05 to 0.5% by weight, with respect to the weight of the monomers present.
• the intervening radical polymerisation initiator(s) is(are) especially selected from the acyl oxides and diacyl phosphine oxides.
• the said initiator advantageously consists in a diacyl phosphine oxide.
• the photochemical radical polymerisation initiator(s) is(are) used in an effective quantity, generally at a rate inferior or equal to 2 % by weight with respect to the weight of the monomers present.
• the said photochemical radical polymerisation initiator(s) is(are) generally used in a more limited quantity : less than or equal to 0.009 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the mixture of monomers to copolymerise (advantageously between 0.002 and 0.009 parts by weight).
• the photochromic colorant(s) and the photochemical initiator(s) are generally competitors with regard the UV consumption.
• the said photochemical radical polymerisation initiator(s) is(are) generally used in such a limited quantity, in combination with at least one thermal radical polymetrisation initiator. A thermal and photochemical polymerisation is then carried out.
• an effective amount (generally less than 5% by weight, in principle 0.01 to 2% by weight, with respect to the weight of monomers present) of at least one polymerisation modifier.
• said polymerisation modifier does not destroy the photochromic colorant(s) optionally present during the polymerisation and/or do not induce a discoloration of the material on its own.
• Said polymerisation modifier can be a non-halogenated chain transfer agent such as a linear alkane thiol or bis-mercapto-ethyl ether.
• Dodecanethiol may be cited as an example of a linear alkane thiol without being limiting. It is not excluded to use other types of chain transfer agents such as alkane thiols substituted with at least one aryl or alkyl radical or thiophenols. All these compounds are familiar to the person skilled in the art and are commercially available.
• said compositions can contain an effective amount of at least one photochromic colorant ; said colorant(s) being advantageously selected from the group of spiroxazines, spiropyrans, chromenes, fulgides, fulgimides and mixtures thereof. • It is incidentally recalled at this juncture that it is not excluded to prepare photochromic resins by incorporating such photochromic colorants after the copolymerisation. Said colorants are then introduced by diffusion into the resin.
• chromene colorants which are usable within the context of the present invention are notably described in patents US-A-3,567,605, 4,889,413, 4,931,221, 4,980,089, 5,066,818, 5,106,998, 5,130,058, 5,200,116, 5,224,602, 5,238,981, 5,973,039, and the application EP-A-0 562 915.
• Said chromenes may notably consist of naphthopyrans.
• compositions of the invention which are intended for generating a photochromic resin contain an effective amount of at least one photochromic colorant. It is in fact frequent, within the context of the present invention, to incorporate a combination of photochromic colorants, with the aim of obtaining a specific tint in the darkened state.
• photochromic colorants are generally incorporated in the compositions to be polymerised (and those which have been polymerised) of the invention at a rate of 0.01 to 1% by weight, advantageously at a rate of 0.05 to 0.5% by weight with respect to the total weight of monomers.
• Said photochromic colorants may themselves very well contain a polymerisable and/or cross-linkable reactive group in their chemical formula as well. They are incorporated themselves then as co-monomers in the composition to be polymerised ; and they are chemically bound, i.e. grafted to the matrix of said polymerised composition. Generally, the resins of the invention contain their photochromic colorant(s) free or bound to their matrix.
• the invention relates to the copolymer (the resin) obtainable by conventional radical copolymerisation of the polymerisable composition of the invention.
• Said resin may or may not be endowed with photochromic properties.
• at least one photochromic colorant is incorporated within it in order to provide it with such photochromic properties, it has been added prior to the copolymerisation into the polymerisable composition or after said copolymerisation (conventional introduction by diffusion in the resin).
• a last object of the invention is constituted of photochromic or non-photochromic ophthalmic articles which are constituted wholly or in part of a resin of the invention.
• Non-limiting Examples of such articles are ophthalmic corrective lenses, solar lenses, glazings for vehicles or buildings ...
• the material, being optionally photochromic, of the invention may constitute the whole of the thickness of the article (mass article) or may only constitute a film or stratified layer applied on a support.
• Examples 5 to 9 describe photochromic resin compositions which contain said monofunctional monomers and the method used for obtaining photochromic lenses from said resins.
• Comparative Example 10 describes a resin composition which contains a dimethacrylate monomer (Diacryl 121) without any comonomer.
• Comparative Example 11 describes a resin composition which contains a dimethacrylate monomer (Diacryl 121) with a styrenic compound.
• Table 1 shows the half-time of fading and half-time of darkening as well as the optical quality obtained with the products of the Examples and Comparative Examples described.
• the urethane monomer of the invention thus obtained is then cooled to ambient temperature and stored without any purification.
• Said monomer is in the form of a colourless transparent liquid having a viscosity of 0.35 Pa.s at 20°C.
• the monomer obtained is a colourless transparent liquid having a viscosity of 0.37 Pa.s at 20°C.
• Example 3
• the monomer obtained is a colourless transparent liquid having a viscosity of about 0.46 Pa.s at 20°C.
• the monomer obtained is a colourless transparent liquid having a viscosity of about 0.29 Pa.s at 20°C.
• the mixture thus obtained is poured into lens mould type devices which are constituted of a mould and of a glass counter-mould having a curved edge of about 87 mm and a PVC gasket of 11 mm thickness.
• the devices thus prepared are exposed to the light of fluorescent tubes (BriUant 840 from MAZDA) without UV filter, as described in the French patent application FR-A-2,783,829.
• the devices After gelation of the resin, the devices are placed in an oven and are subjected to the following cycle : rise from 25 to 50°C in 5 h, and then from 50 to 95°C in 3 h and finally a plateau at 95°C for 2h. After a sufficient cooling, the samples are turned out of their moulds.
• the mixture thus obtained is poured into lens moulds which are constituted of a mould and of a glass counter-mould having a curved edge of about 87 mm and a PVC gasket of 11 mm thickness.
• the mixture is polymerised in the lens moulds for 16 h at 53°C, and then 2 h at 90°C.
• Example 5 The same procedure as in Example 5 was repeated, except that the 20 g of the monomer of Example 1 were replaced by 20 g of the monomer of Example 2.
• Example 5 The same procedure as in Example 5 was repeated, except that the 20 g of the monomer of Example 1 were replaced by 20 g of the monomer of Example 3.
• Example 5 The same procedure as in Example 5 was repeated, except that the 20 g of the monomer of Example 1 were replaced by 20 g of the monomer of Example 4.
• Example 11 The same procedure as in Example 5 was repeated, except that the Diacryl 121 was used alone, without other comonomers. Comparative Example 11 :
• Example 5 The same procedure as in Example 5 was repeated, except that the 20 g of the monomer of Example 1 were replaced by 20 g of styrene.
• the optical quality was evaluated by visual inspection. Lenses which were free from any defects were denoted « +shire Lenses having some defects, such as flow lines or non-homogeneous parts, were denoted « - » .
• the photochromic properties are evaluated by submitting the 2 mm thick lens, obtained by grinding and polishing, under UV light (xenon lamp) at room temperature until the coloration of the lens reaches the equilibrium. The coloration kinetics are recorded. The UV light is cut off and the fading kinetics are then recorded by measuring the transmission at 580 nm ( ⁇ max of the coloured form of the photochromic molecule) versus time using a spectrophotometer HP 8452 from Hewlett Packard at 25 °C.
• the half-time of darkening and the half-time of fading are determined, denoted ty 2 darkening and tj /2 fading respectively. These parameters are familiar to the person skilled in the art. Their determination is based on the measurement of the optical densities of the lens :
• the half-time of darkening characterises the kinetics of coloration. It is the time necessary for obtaining a darkening which is half of the maximal darkening, the time necessary for obtaining an optical density equal to DO ⁇ - DO 0
• the half-time of fading characterises the kinetics of return to the initial state (clear). At the end of the exposure, said exposure is cut off and the time necessary for a return of the optical density to the value is measured.
• Table 1 shows said half-times of darkening and half-time of fading and the optical quality obtained with the products of the Examples and the Comparative Examples described.

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