Radiation sensitive polymers of oxygen-substituted maleimides and elements containing same

Abstract

Radiation sensitive polymers comprising: A. from about 1 to 100 mole percent of a polymerized monomer having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably a bridged hydrocarbon group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and B. from 0 to about 99 mole percent of at least one additional polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomer are advantageously soluble in organic solvents, possess desirably high glass transition temperatures and are capable of undergoing a photochemical reaction to yield polymers having isocyanate and oxy-substituted cyclopropane moieties which are capable of crosslinking in the presence of active hydrogen-containing compounds. The polymers are useful in radiation sensitive compositions and elements containing same.

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