Photolytically cleavable, N-acylated sterically hindered amines

Abstract

Sterically hindered cyclic amines which are substituted by a photoactivatable acyl group at the basic nitrogen atom can be deacylated by irradiation with UV light. This is advantageous if the basicity of the amines proves troublesome during application. Examples of such photoactivatable acyl groups are phenylglyoxyl, phenylacetyl or naphthylacetyl groups.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A compound of formula I ##STR14## wherein m is 1, 2 or 3, A is a R 1  --CO-- or R 2  --CH 2  -- group, wherein   R 1  is phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by halogen, C 1  -C 12  alkyl, C 1  -C 4  alkoxy or hydroxy, or is naphthyl.[., C 1  -C 12  alkoxy, cyclohexyloxy, phenoxy or benzyloxy.]. and, if m=1, may also be a radical B,   R 2  is --CN, --P(O)(OR 3 ) 2 , CH 3  CO-- or OR 4 , wherein   R 3  is C 1  -C 4  alkyl or phenyl, and   R 4  is phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by halogen or C 1  -C 4  alkyl, and   when m is 1,   B is a radical corresponding to the formulae ##STR15## wherein R 5  is hydrogen, --OR 8 , ##STR16## --N(R 10  R 11 ), R 6  is --OH or --OR 12  and R 7  is --OR 12 , --CN, --COOR 13  or --CONH 2 , or R 6  and R 7  together are the oxo radical (═O), or R 6  and R 7 , together with the C-atom to which they are attached, form an unsubstituted 2-spiro-1,3-dioxolane, 2-spiro-1,3-dioxane, 5-spiro-1,3-oxazolidine, 2-spiro-1,3-oxazolidine or 5-spiro-1,3-imidazolidine ring or said ring substituted by one or more identical or different members selected from C 1  -C 12  alkyl or the oxo radical,   R 8  is C 1  -C 12  alkyl, benzyl, allyl or 2-cyanoethyl,   R 9  is C 1  -C 18  alkyl, C 2  -C 12  alkenyl, C 5  -C 8  cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl which is substituted by halogen, C 1  -C 12  alkyl, C 1  -C 4  alkoxy or hydroxyl, or is C 7  -C 12  phenylalkyl, C 1  -C 4  alkoxy or phenoxy,   R 10  is C 1  -C 12  alkyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or phenyl which is substituted by C 1  -C 4  alkyl,   R 11  is C 2  -C 12  alkanoyl, C 3  -C 8  alkenoyl, benzoyl or a group of the formula ##STR17## wherein R 14  and R 15  are each independently of the other C 1  -C 8  alkoxy, phenoxy, or a group --N(R 10 )(R 16 ), in which R 16  is hydrogen or C 1  -C 12  alkyl,   R 12  is C 1  -C 12  alkyl and R 13  is C 1  -C 4  alkyl, and   Y is hydrogen, C 1  -C 12  alkyl, allyl or benzyl;   when m is 2,   B is a divalent radical corresponding to the formulae ##STR18## wherein Z is --O--, --NH-- or --NR 10  --,   R 17  is methylene, 1,2-ethylene, C 3  -C 20  polymethylene, or branched C 3  -C 20  alkylene, C 2  -C 10  alkenylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-cyclohexylene, cyclohexane-1,4-dimethylene, 1,3- or 1,4-phenylene, 1,4- or 1,5-naphthylene, 4,4'-diphenylene, diphenylmethane-4,4'-diyl, diphenyl oxide-4,4'-diyl or m- or p-xylene, or a radical --NR--R 19  --NH--,   R 18  is 1,2-ethylene, 1,2-propylene, 1,3-propylene, 1,2-butylene, 1,4-butylene, hexamethylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene or cyclohexane-1,4-dimethylene,   R 19  is 1,2-ethylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene, hexamethylene, oxtamethylene, dodecamethylene, 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene, trimethyloctamethylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, cyclohexane-1,4-dimethylene, 1,3-phenylene, 4,4'-diphenylene, diphenylmethane-4,4'-diyl, diphenyl oxide-4,4'-diyl, or m- or p-xylylene, and   R 10  and R 14  are as defined above;   and, when m is 3,   B is a trivalent radical corresponding to the formulae ##STR19## wherein R 20  is propane-1,2,3-triyl, butane-1,2,4-triyl, benzene-1,3,5-triyl, benzene-1,2,4-triyl or naphthalene-1,4,5-triyl, R 21  is a 1,3,5-triazin-2,4-triyl radical and Z is as defined above.   
     
     
       2. A compound according to claim 1 of formula I, wherein A is a R 1  --CO-- or R 2  --CH 2  --group, wherein R 1  is phenyl which is substituted by halogen, C 1  -C 12  alkyl or C 1  -C 4  alkoxy, or is unsubstituted naphthyl, and R 2  is --CN or CH 3  CO--. 
     
     
       3. A compound according to claim 1 of formula I, wherein A is a benzoyl group. 
     
     
       4. A compound according to claim 1 of formula I, wherein m is 1 or 2 and B is a group of formula II, III or IV. 
     
     
       5. A compound according to claim 4 of the formula ##STR20##