Synthesis and Properties of Highly Sensitive Ether Ring Fused O-Acyloxime Esters as Photoradical Initiator

Abstract

High sensitivity of O-acyloxime ester, which is widely used as a photo radical polymerization initiator for color resist, was investigated. Introduction of an ether ring structure to the periphery of oxime was aimed at increasing rigidity of dye scaffold. As a result, the absorption spectrum at i-line (365 nm) became sharp, the absorption efficiency was greatly improved, and the sensitivity was increased by about five times as much as conventional linear type oximes by improving the radical generation quantum yield.