Absorber, benzotriazole

Like other forms of molecular spectroscopy, MS may be used as a fingerprint technique to identify the components of additive systems extracted from polymer compositions. The strengths of MS are high sensitivity and the ability to distinguish between closely related compounds of differing relative molecular mass, e.g., the various alkyl thiodipropionates used as synergistic stabilisers in polyolefins and the UV-absorbing benzotriazole derivatives. 

A major use for 2,4-di-/ f2 -amylphenol is in the production of uv stabilizers the principal one is a benzotriazole-based uv absorber, 2-(2 -hydroxy-3, 5 -di-/ f2 -amylphenyl)-5-chlorobenzotriazole [25973-55-17, which is widely used in polyolefin films, outdoor furniture, and clear coat automotive finishes (56). Another significant use for 2,4-di-/ f2 -amylphenol is in the photographic iadustry. A number of phenoxyacetic acid derivatives of... 

Low levels of ultraviolet absorbers (typically 0.2-0.8 pphr [parts per hundred resin]) can also be useful in preventing initiation of degradation mechanisms. Modified benzophenones and benzotriazoles are in widest commercial use. 

The UV absorber (UVA) class (e.g., 2-hydroxy-benzophenones and benzotriazoles, see AO 23-27 in Table lb) are stable to UV light and have high extinction coefficients in the region 330-360 nm. They operate pri-... 

LC-tandem MS was recently used for polymer/additive characterisation. In cases of soft ionisation processes (e.g. ESI, APCI, etc.), MS/MS is often necessary to confirm the ionic species. QITMS has the potential to improve the detection limits for organotin analysis compared to QMS. HPLC-UV and LC-API-MS/MS have been employed for the characterisation of the products of photodegradation of benzotriazole-based UV absorbers (Tinuvin P/328/900) under mild conditions [642]. Among the photoproducts identified... 

Transparent PVC plates were coated with a 70 pm thick film of an epoxy-acrylate resin containing 0.5 % of a benzotriazole UV absorber. They were first UV cured for one second and then exposed at 40°C to the low intensity radiations of a QUV accelerated weathering tester. The extent of the degradation was followed by Invisible spectroscopy, a very sensitive method that permits detec-... 

The photodegradation of synthetic polymers can be considerably reduced upon addition of ultraviolet stabilizers. The UV stabilizers (preferably derivatives of o-hydroxy-benzophenone or of 2-(2 -hydroxys -methylphenyl)benzotriazole (Tinuvin) transform the absorbed light energy into thermal energy thus preventing all sorts of photochemically initiated reactions. For review articles see the papers of Otter-stedt (.l), Heller and Blattmann ( 2, 2), Kloepffer (jl, j ), Gysling (JS) and Trozzolo (19 ) ... 

Only a limited range of nitro, azo and anthraquinone disperse dyes exhibit adequate fastness to dry heat, light and weathering for application on polyester automotive fabrics. The structure of Cl Disperse Yellow 86 was modified to incorporate UV absorbers of the benzophenone, benzotriazole or oxalanilide types into the dye molecule. The derived dyes showed better fastness properties than the parent unsubstituted dye. Positioning of the photostabilising moiety within the dye molecule had little influence on the light fastness obtained, however. Built-in benzophenone residues were more effective than the other two types [177]. Nevertheless, several further monoazo and nitrodiphenylamine disperse dye... 

Recently, the photophysics of the widely used UV absorber 2-(2 -hydroxy-5 -methylphenyl)benzotriazole (TIN) (10-12.14.16.18.19) and its sulfonated derivative, sodium 2-(2 -hydroxy-5 -methylphenyl)benzotriazole-3 -sulfonate (TINS) (14.17) (see Figure 2), were studied in solution and it was proposed that the ground-state conformation adopted by each of these molecules is sensitive to the molecular environment. 

The values of ftot for various benzotriazole compounds in a range of solvents are listed in Table II. Values of the fluorescence quantum yield for TIN and TINS, corrected for the absorbance by their non-fluorescent, planar conformers at the excitation wavelength, are listed in Table III. In all the benzotriazole solutions examined, maximum fluorescence emission was observed at about 400 nm indicating that this emission originates from the non proton-transferred species. This was confirmed by examination of the fluorescence excitation spectrum which corresponds to the absorption spectrum of the non-planar form of the molecule. 

PVC, polyamides, unsaturated crosslinked polyesters, ABS, and wood . Di- and tri-benzotriazole photostabilizers, such as (874) and (875) are synthesized from 2-nitro-benzenediazonium salts and an excess of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene or 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene <85Mi 40i-0l>. The dibenzotriazole derivatives (874b and 875b) can be used as polymerizable acrylic UV absorbers <84PB237>. A few or/Ao-urethane and -trimethylsilane substituted 2-phenylbenzotriazoles (876 and 877) show similar photostabilization activity . Weather resistance of low-density polyethylene is improved by the addition of a benzotriazole-type photostabilizer <90M140i-04>. 

The polymerizable azo monomer, (III), was copolymerized with selected benzotriazoles, (IV), and used by Lai et al. (4) to prepare ophthalmic materials that absorbed at 475 mn. 

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