Abstract: A resin comprising a copolymer of an unsaturated benzoin or unsaturated benzoin alkyl ether and a neutral or basic derivative of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, said copolymer having grafted onto it an allylamine.

Abstract: A system for the chemical storage of radiant energy in which either:A. 1,8-diaryl-1a,2,7,7a-tetrahydro-1,2,7-metheno-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalenes (1) are converted on heating to 1,2-diaryl-2a,8b-dihydrocyclobuta[a]naphthalenes (2) or 8,9-diaryl-benzocyclooctatetraenes (3), with the release of heat; and exposure of either compounds (3) or compounds (2) to suitable radiation results in the photochemical synthesis of compounds (1); orB. substituted naphthalenes undergo photochemical dimerization to form 1,2,2a,7,8,12b-hexahydro-1,8,2,7-ethanedihylidenedibenzo[a,e]cyclobuta[c]c yclooctenes. On heating, the latter revert to the original naphthalenes with the release of heat.

Abstract: A method of polymerizing a composition comprising a mixture of monomers said monomer mixture containing from 3 to 100% of amines containing two or more allyl groups which method comprises irradiating a solution of a hydrofluoride, hydrochloride or sulphate salt of said amine in a non polar and non hydroxylic solvent with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength greater than 180 nanometers and preferably less than 800 nano meters preferably in the presence of a radiation sensitizer at a temperature in the range from -80.degree. to +120.degree. C preferably 10.degree. C to 90.degree. C and isolating the polymer so formed.