| abstract |
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), which are suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices: where A1, A2 are selected from mono- or bicyclic aromatic radicals and mono- or bicyclic heteroaromatic radicals, X represents e.g. a single bond, O, NH, CR6R7, Y is e.g. absent or represents a single bond, O, NH, CR8R9; R1, R2 are hydrogen, a radical Ar'or a radical Ra; R3 is Aik, O-Alk'-, 0-Alk'-[0-Alk']0, 0-CH2-Ar-C(0)-, 0-C(0)-Ar-C(0)- or O-Alk-C(O)-, where in the last five moieties the left O is bound to A1 and A2, respectively, m, n are 0, 1 or 2; o is an integer from 1 to 10; R4, R5 are e.g. selected from CN and a radical Ra; R6, R8 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, a radical Ar' and a radical Ra; R7, R9 are e.g. selected from hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl and a radical Ar'; Ra is selected from the group consisting of C≡C-R11 and Ar-C≡C- R11; R11 is e.g. selected from hydrogen, methyl, mono- or polycyclic aryl having from 6 to 26 carbon atoms and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl having a total of 5 to 26 atoms, which are ring members, where 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the ring atoms of hetaryl are selected from nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen, while the remainder of these atoms are carbon atoms, where mono- or polycyclic aryl are unsubstituted or substituted; and Ar is e.g. phenylene or naphthylene. The invention also relates to thermoplastic resins comprising a polymerized unit of the compound of formula (I) and to optical devices made of such resins. |