Photopolymerizable compositions are provided which are the reaction
products of a vinyl ether, a photoinitiator system comprising an iodonium
salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound. These
monomeric/oligomeric compositions may also include epoxides, polyols,
spiroorthocarbonates. One embodiment of the present invention is a
polymerizable composition comprised of a vinyl ether, a
spiroorthocarbonate, and a photoinitiator system. Another embodiment of
the present invention is a polymerizable composition comprised of a vinyl
ether, an epoxide, a polyol, and a photoinitiator system. Still another
embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable composition
comprised of a vinyl ether, an epoxide, a polyol, a spiroorthocarbonate,
and a photoinitiator system.
Still further, another embodiment of the present invention is certain novel
spiroorthocarbonate compounds. Each of these novel spiroorthocarbonate
compounds include at least one epoxy group as a substituent.