title: Efficient photoacids based upon triarylamine dialkylsulfonium salts.
abstract: New triarylamine dialkylsulfonium salts that are photosensitive in the near-ultraviolet have been prepared. The quantum yields of photoacid generation were found to be approximately 0.5 and are independent of the counterion. On the other hand, the efficiencies of the sulfonium salts toward the photopolymerization of cyclohexene oxide depend on the counterion and the sulfonium substituents. Photopolymerization kinetic studies demonstrate that these triphenylamine sulfonium salts are highly efficient cationic photoinitiators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
authors.forename: Wenhui
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kuebler
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carrig
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Seth R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Marder