Halomethyl-1,3,5-triazines containing a sensitizer moiety

A compound having the formula:

• ##STR9## wherein A represents a member selected from the group consisting of mono-, di- and trihalo methyl groups,
• Y represents a member selected from the group consisting of A, L-S, NH.sub.2, NHR, NR.sub.2, OR, and R', where R independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R' represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic aromatic group,
• S represents a sensitizer moiety such that said compound is capable of stimulation by actinic radiation, said sensitizer moiety having a .lambda.max of at least 330 nm, and
• L represents a group linking the sensitizer moiety to the triazine nucleus, provided that the chromophore of said triazine nucleus is not attached to the chromophore of said sensitizer moiety either directly by a covalet bond or by a conjugated linkage, the portion of L directly attached to the triazine nucleus being selected from (a) carbon atom, (b) amino group selected from the group consisting of (1) aminoaryl groups wherein the nitrogen atom of the amino group is attached to the triazine nucleus and (2) an amino group wherein the nitrogen atom of the amino group is attached to both the triazine nucleus and the carbon atom of at least one ##STR10## group, and (c) oxygen atom.