Compounds which contain azo linkages as well as the radical of an ultraviolet light stabilizing group are described. These compounds function as polymerization initiators which cause an ultraviolet light stabilization group to be chemically bound to the polymer.
Unsymmetrical azo compounds: ##EQU1## where (R").sub.3 C-- is tertiary-aliphatic and Z is cyano or a derivative thereof, e.g., 2-t-butylazo-2-cyanopropane; processes for preparing such azo compounds by (a) adding hydrocyanic acid to a preformed hydrazone, ##EQU2## of a ketone to form a hydrazo compound, and oxidizing the hydrazo compound; or (b) oxidizing the hydrazo compound formed by the reaction of a t-aliphatic hydrazine with hydrogen or alkali metal cyanide in water.
Compounds which contain azo or peroxide linkages as well as the radical of an ultraviolet light stabilizing group are described. These compounds function as polymerization initiators which cause an ultraviolet light stabilization group to be chemically bound to the polymer.
Compounds which contain azo or peroxide linkages as well as the radical of an ultraviolet light stabilizing group are described. These compounds function as polymerization initiators which cause an ultraviolet light stabilization group to be chemically bound to the polymer.
Compounds which contain azo or peroxide linkages as well as the radical of an ultraviolet light stabilizing group are described. These compounds function as polymerization initiators which cause an ultraviolet light stabilization group to be chemically bound to the polymer.