Novel methine compounds, polymers containing them and formed articles therefrom

Claim 1

A compound having the structural formula: ##STR255## wherein: R' is selected from chlorine, bromine, fluorine, alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, phenoxy or phenylthio; n is 0, 1, or 2; R 1 is selected from: C 5 up to C 7 cycloalkyl, phenyl, --R 2 --Z--B'--CH═C(P a )Q, wherein R 2 , P a and Q are as defined below, Z is O or S, and B' is arylene, straight or branched alkenyl, straight or branched alkyl, straight or branched alkyl substituted with at least one of: phenylcarbamoyloxy, alkanoylamino, carboxy, alkylsulfonyl, vinylsulfonyl, acrylamido, sulfamyl, alkylsulfonamido, phenylsulfonamido, alkoxycarbonylamino, N-alkylcarbamoyloxy, groups of the formula: --O--R 6 , --S--R 6 or --SO 2 CH 2 CH 2 SR6, wherein R 6 is selected from: alkyl, or aryl, --CONR 7 R 7 , --SO 2 NR 7 R 7 , wherein each R 7 is independently selected from: H, alkyl, phenoxyalkyl, alkylsulfonylalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkanoyloxyalkyl, aryl; --OXR 8 , --NHXR 8 or --XR 8 , wherein X is --CO--, --COO--, or --SO 2 --; and each R 8 is selected from: alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenoxyalkyl, alkylsulfonylalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, alkanoyloxyalkyl; and when X is --CO--, R 8 can further be selected from: H, alkenyl, amino, alkyamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, aryl, alkoxy, alkanoyloxyalkoxy, phenoxy, alkylphenoxy, carboxyphenoxy, alkoxyphenoxy, carbalkoxyphenoxy, or halogenophenoxy; R 2 is selected from: alkylene, alkylene substituted with --Z--B'--CH═C(P a )Q, wherein Z and B' are as defined above and P a and Q are as defined below, arylene, aralkylene, alkylene-O-alkylene, alkylene-O-arylene-O-alkylene, alkylene-arylene-alkylene, alkylene-cyclohexylene-alkylene, alkylene-S-alkylene, alkylene-SO 2 -alkylene, ##STR256## wherein R 9 is selected from: alkyl, aryl, alkanoyl, alkylsulfonyl, aroyl, or arylsulfonyl; P a , Q, P 1 and Q 1 are each independently selected from: cyano, carbalkoxy, carbocycloalkoxy, carbaryloxy, carbaralkyloxy, carbalkenyloxy, carbamyl, carboxy, alkanoyl, aroyl, N-alkylcarbamyl, N-alkyl-N-arylcarbamyl, N,N-dialkylcarbamyl, N-arylcarbamyl, N-cyclohexylcarbamyl, --SO 2 --alkyl, --SO 2 --aryl, aryl; with the proviso that at least one of P a , Q, P 1 , or Q 1 is cyano, and at least one of R 1 , R 2 , P a , Q, P 1 and Q 1 is a group reactive under condensation polymerization conditions, or bears a group reactive under condensation polymerization conditions, so as to incorporate said compound into the resulting polymer, said group selected from: carboxy, carbalkoxy, carbaryloxy, N-alkylcarbamyloxy, alkanoyloxy, chlorocarbonyl, carbamyloxy, amino, alkylamino, hydroxyl, N-phenylcarbamyloxy, cyclohexanoyloxy, or carbocyclohexyloxy; wherein in each of the above definitions the alkyl or alkylene moieties or portions of the various groups contain up to 8 carbon atoms, straight or branched chain, aryl moieties or portions of the various groups are carbocyclic species and contain in the range of 6 up to 10 carbon atoms; and wherein each alkyl, alkylene, alkoxy, aryl, or cycloalkyl moiety or portion of a group or radical can be further substituted with hydroxy, acyloxy, alkyl, cyano, alkoxycarbonyl, halogen, carbonylhalide, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, cycloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, alkanoylamino, or carboxy groups.