Abstract: Provided is a photochromic curable composition which forms a cured body that develops excellent photochromic properties. The photochromic curable composition (A) includes: a polyrotaxane monomer wherein, in a polyrotaxane compound having a composite molecular structure composed of an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules threaded onto the axial molecule, and side chains having OH groups introduced into the cyclic molecules, 1 mol % or more to less than 100 mol % of OH groups in the side chains are modified with a compound having a radical-polymerizable group, (B) a photochromic compound, and (C) a polymerizable monomer other than the (A) polyrotaxane monomer.

Abstract: A primer composition for optical articles includes (A) a urethane prepolymer which is a reaction product of an aromatic polyisocyanate compound and a polyol compound, and which has a reactive group at an end, the reactive group being selected from among an isocyanate group and a hydroxyl group, (B) a light absorbing compound which has a maximum absorption wavelength within the range of from 320 nm to 650 nm (inclusive) and (C) an organic solvent which has a solubility parameter of 8 (cal/cm3)1/2 or more, while containing no active hydrogen.

Abstract: Provided is a photochromic curable composition which forms a cured body that develops excellent photochromic properties. The photochromic curable composition (A) includes: a polyrotaxane monomer wherein, in a polyrotaxane compound having a composite molecular structure composed of an axial molecule and a plurality of cyclic molecules threaded onto the axial molecule, and side chains having OH groups introduced into the cyclic molecules, 1 mol % or more to less than 100 mol % of OH groups in the side chains are modified with a compound having a radical-polymerizable group, (B) a photochromic compound, and (C) a polymerizable monomer other than the (A) polyrotaxane monomer.

Abstract: To provide a primer composition for optical articles which comprises (A) a polyrotaxane and (B) a resin and/or precursor thereof. This primer composition for optical articles can suppress the production of a crack in a photochromic coat layer, form a laminate structure that the photochromic coat layer is hardly scratched, and provide a primer coat layer which exhibits excellent adhesion and photochromic properties on an optical substrate.

Abstract: Phenylnaphthol derivatives represented by the following general formula (1), wherein, R1 to R3 are hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups or aryl groups, and R2 and R3 may be bonded together to form an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring, a and b are, respectively, integers of 0 to 4, R4 and R5 are hydroxyl groups, alkyl groups, haloalkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, alkoxy groups, amino groups, heterocyclic groups having a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom and are bonded together via the nitrogen atom, cyano groups, nitro groups, formyl groups, hydroxycarbonyl groups, alkylcarbonyl groups, alkoxycarbonyl groups, halogen atoms, aralkyl groups, aralkoxy groups, aryloxy groups, aryl groups, heteroaryl groups bonded together via a carbon atom in the ring, alkylthio groups, cycloalkylthio groups, arylthio groups or heteroarylthio groups, and if R4 or R5 are present in a plural number, the plurality of R4 or the plurality of R5 may be the same or different, or 2 R4s or 2 R5s may be bonded together to form an al

Abstract: 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), wherein a is a number of 0 to 30, and b is a number of 0 to 30 on condition that an average value of a+b is 2 to 30, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and A is a divalent organic group on condition that the number of carbon atoms is 1 to 20, and a photochromic compound (B).

Abstract: A chromene compound having a short fading half period, especially, a short fading half period even at a low temperature in a general-purpose polymer solid matrix. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). wherein R1 is a hydroxyl group or the like, R2 and R3 are each an aryl group or the like, C* is a spiro carbon atom, a spiro ring A represented by the following formula is a saturated hydrocarbon ring having 4 to 12 ring member carbon atoms or the like, and at least one ring member carbon atom constituting the ring A is a group represented by the following formula (4), and X is a divalent group such as arylene group, wherein R7 and R8 are each a cycloalkyl group or the like.

Abstract: A process of producing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having a low acid value and a low content of a hardly soluble high-molecular weight impurity which is crosslinked high-dimensionally, comprising the steps of: (1) contacting a first solution containing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having an acid value of more than 0.2 mgKOH/g and an organic solvent to a water-containing adsorbent capable of adsorbing an acid component to obtain a second solution containing a urethane (meth)acrylate monomer having an acid value of not more than 0.2 mgKOH/g, the organic solvent and more than 5,000 ppm (mass) of water based on the urethane (meth)acrylate monomer; (2) contacting the second solution to a dehydrating agent to obtain a third solution containing not more than 5,000 ppm (mass) of water based on the urethane (meth)acrylate monomer; and (3) removing the organic solvent from the third solution.

Abstract: Phenylnaphthol derivatives represented by the following general formula (1), wherein, R1 to R3 are hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups or aryl groups, and R2 and R3 may be bonded together to form an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring, a and b are, respectively, integers of 0 to 4, R4 and R5 are hydroxyl groups, alkyl groups, haloalkyl groups, cycloalkyl groups, alkoxy groups, amino groups, heterocyclic groups having a nitrogen atom as a hetero atom and are bonded together via the nitrogen atom, cyano groups, nitro groups, formyl groups, hydroxycarbonyl groups, alkylcarbonyl groups, alkoxycarbonyl groups, halogen atoms, aralkyl groups, aralkoxy groups, aryloxy groups, aryl groups, heteroaryl groups bonded together via a carbon atom in the ring, alkylthio groups, cycloalkylthio groups, arylthio groups or heteroarylthio groups, and if R4 or R5 are present in a plural number, the plurality of R4 or the plurality of R5 may be the same or different, or 2 R4s or 2 R5s may be bonded together to form an al

Abstract: A photochromic curable composition comprising a silsesquioxane monomer (A1) having a radically polymerizable group and an acid value of 0.5 to 2.0 ngKOH/g and a photochromic compound (B). This photochromic curable composition can be advantageously used for the manufacture of a photochromic cured product having an excellent photochromic function and is suitable for the provision of a photochromic cured product for obtaining a laminate having excellent adhesion in a lamination method.

Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint (double peak characteristic) and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. Like a compound represented by the following formula (20), the photochromic compound having a group (methylthio group in the following formula 20) which has a sulfur atom bonded to the 7-position carbon atom is a photochromic compound having high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability.

Abstract: A photochromic curable composition containing, as a radically polymerizable monomer component (A), a (meth)acrylic-amide polymerizable monomer (A1) having 2 to 6 (meth)acryloyloxy groups and 2 to 6 divalent amide groups (—NHCO—), and a non-amide polymerizable monomer (A2) having at least 3 radically polymerizable groups but having no amide bond. From the photochromic composition, there can be obtained a photochromic cured body having excellent photochromic properties such as a high color density, a high fading rate, and excellent mechanical strength.

Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. In the formula (2), ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: A chromene compound which has a sulfur-containing substituent represented by the following formula (2) at the 6-position and/or 7-position carbon atom of an indeno (2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure and is excellent in photochromic properties and stability at a high temperature. (In the above formula, ring X is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, R3 and R4 are each independently an alkyl group, haloalkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxy group, amino group, heterocyclic group containing a ring member nitrogen atom and bonded to the ring X bonded thereto via the nitrogen atom, halogen atom, aryloxy group or aryl group, and “a” is an integer of 0 to 4.

Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. The present invention is a chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as the basic skeleton in which a hetero ring having two hetero atoms including at least one sulfur atom is directly bonded to the 6-position and the 7-position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure via the hetero atom like the compound represented by the following formula (18).

Abstract: A chromene compound having a short fading half period, especially, a short fading half period even at a low temperature in a general-purpose polymer solid matrix. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1). wherein R1 is a hydroxyl group or the like, R2 and R3 are each an aryl group or the like, C* is a spiro carbon atom, a spiro ring A represented by the following formula is a saturated hydrocarbon ring having 4 to 12 ring member carbon atoms or the like, and at least one ring member carbon atom constituting the ring A is a group represented by the following formula (4), and X is a divalent group such as arylene group, wherein R7 and R8 are each a cycloalkyl group or the like.

Abstract: 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), wherein a is a number of 0 to 30, and b is a number of 0 to 30 on condition that an average value of a+b is 2 to 30, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and A is a divalent organic group on condition that the number of carbon atoms is 1 to 20, and a photochromic compound (B).

Abstract: The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (I), wherein R3 at the 11-position is a sulfur-containing substituent selected from the group consisting of thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group, heteroarylthio group, sulfonyl group and sulfinyl group, R1 and R2 at the 6-position and the 7-position are a combination of an aryl group or a heteroaryl group and an electron donating group having a Hammett constant ?p of ?0.1 or less, or R1 and/or R2 is sulfur-containing substituent selected from thiol group, alkylthio group, alkoxyalkylthio group, haloalkylthio group, cycloalkylthio group, arylthio group and heteroarylthio group.

Abstract: A novel photochromic compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has high color optical density, high fading speed and excellent durability. The present invention is a chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as the basic skeleton in which a hetero ring having two hetero atoms including at least one sulfur atom is directly bonded to the 6-position and the 7-position of the indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure via the hetero atom like the compound represented by the following formula (18).

Abstract: A chromene compound which develops a color of a neutral tint and has little initial coloration, high double peak characteristic and high color development sensitivity, rarely experiences the reduction of color optical density though it has high fading speed, is excellent in the durability of photochromic properties and can dissolve in a monomer composition which will become a substrate for optical articles in a high concentration, and a photochromic curable composition comprising the chromene compound and polymerizable monomers. The chromene compound is represented by the following formula (1).