US 12,486,341 B2
Photocurable compositions and methods of use thereof
Zachariah A. Page, Austin, TX (US); Dowon Ahn, Austin, TX (US); and Alex Stafford, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/013,386
Filed by BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, Austin, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/039331
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/005947, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,157, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,248, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0357453 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. C08F 2/46 (2006.01); B29C 64/129 (2017.01); C08F 2/50 (2006.01); C08F 220/20 (2006.01); C08F 220/56 (2006.01); C08F 222/10 (2006.01); C08G 61/04 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC C08F 2/50 (2013.01) [B29C 64/129 (2017.08); C08F 220/20 (2013.01); C08F 220/56 (2013.01); C08F 222/102 (2020.02); C08F 222/103 (2020.02); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
 
1. A photocurable composition comprising:
a (co)monomer;
a photosensitizer having an absorption band, wherein at least a portion of the absorption band is located at one or more wavelength from 400 nm to 1400 nm, and wherein the photosensitizer comprises a xanthene of Formula III, a squaraine, a boron-dipyrromethene, a cyanine, a porphyrin, or a combination thereof;
wherein Formula III is:

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wherein
A is O, S, Se, Te, NRx, CRxRy, SiRxRy, or GeRxRy;
R17, R18, R19, R20, R21, R22, R23, R24, and R25 are each independently H, OH, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted with halide, hydroxy, thiol, carbonyl, alkoxy, alkylhydroxy, carboxyl, amino, amido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, —NRxRy, —C(O)NRxRy, or a combination thereof, or wherein, as valence permits, two or more of R17-R25, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a 3-10 membered cyclic moiety, wherein any of the additional atoms are optionally heteroatoms and the 3-10 membered cyclic moiety is optionally substituted with halide, hydroxy, thioether, carbonyl, alkoxy, alkylhydroxy, carboxyl, amino, amido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, —NRxRy, —C(O)NRxRy, or a combination thereof; and
Rx and Ry are independently H, OH, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heteroaryl;
an acceptor co-initiator comprising a diphenyliodonium salt of Formula I:

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wherein
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are each independently H, OH, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted with halide, hydroxy, thiol, carbonyl, alkoxy, alkylhydroxy, carboxyl, amino, amido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, —NRxRy, —C(O)NRxRy, or a combination thereof, or wherein, as valence permits, two or more of R1-R10, together with the atoms to which they are attached, form a 3-10 membered cyclic moiety, wherein any of the additional atoms are optionally heteroatoms and the 3-10 membered cyclic moiety is optionally substituted with halide, hydroxy, thioether, carbonyl, alkoxy, alkylhydroxy, carboxyl, amino, amido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, —NRxRy, —C(O)NRxRy, or a combination thereof;
Rx and Ry are independently H, OH, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heteroaryl; and
R11 is a hydroxyl anion, halide anion, nitrate anion, carboxylate anion, sulfonate anion, phosphate anion, borate anion, tetrafluoride anion, or hexafluoride anion, any of which is optionally substituted; and
a donor co-initiator comprising a borate salt of Formula II:

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wherein
R12, R13, R14, and R15 are each independently H, OH, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heteroaryl, any of which is optionally substituted with halide, hydroxy, thiol, carbonyl, alkoxy, alkylhydroxy, carboxyl, amino, amido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, —NRxRy, —C(O)NRxRy, or a combination thereof;
R16 is an ammonium cation, a phosphonium cation, a sulphonium cation, or a heteroaryl cation, any of which is optionally substituted with halide, hydroxy, thiol, carbonyl, alkoxy, alkylhydroxy, carboxyl, amino, amido, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, —NRxRy, —C(O)NRxRy, or a combination thereof; and
Rx and Ry are independently H, OH, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heteroaryl.