Ultraviolet light absorbing compounds, silicone compositions and methods for making same

An ultraviolet light absorbing silicone composition comprising silicone elastomer and an effective amount of ultraviolet light absorbing component covalently bonded to said silicone elastomer and derived from one or more ultraviolet light absorbing compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds having one of the following structures ##STR24## and mixtures thereof, wherein B is ##STR25## each X is independently selected from the group consisting of H, monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, monovalent substituted hydrocarbon radicals, hydroxyl radicals, amino radicals, carboxyl radicals, alkoxy radicals, substituted alkoxy radicals, and halogen radicals;

• each R.sup.1 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl radicals, alkoxy radical, hydroxyl radicals, amino radicals and carboxyl radicals;
• R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of divalent hydrocarbon radicals, divalent substituted hydrocarbon radicals, oxo, divalent oxyhydrocarbon radicals and divalent substituted oxyhydrocarbon radicals;
• each R.sup.3 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals, substituted alkyl radicals, alkoxy radicals, substituted alkoxy radicals, H, alkenyl radicals, substituted alkenyl radicals, R.sup.2 -B, aryl radicals, substituted aryl radicals and fluoro radical;
• R is selected from the group consisting of H, alkenyl radicals, substituted alkenyl radicals, alkenoxy radicals, substituted alkenoxy radicals, acryloxy alkyl radicals and substituted acryloxy alkyl radicals;
• each R.sup.4 is independently selected from the group consisting of R and R.sup.3, provided that at least one of the R.sup.4 s is R;
• c is an integer in the range of 1 to about 10,000;
• and d is an integer in the range of 0 to about 100.