Vinyl ether compounds having additional functional groups other than vinyl ether groups and the use thereof in the formulation of curable compositions

A radiation polymerizable composition comprising:

• a compound having at least one vinyl ether group which also contains in the molecule at least one further functional group, which compound is represented by the formula ##STR57## wherein the symbols used in the above formula and in the formulae below have the following definitions:
• A is a z-valent radical selected from the radicals of the following formulae (1), (2), (3) and (4) ##STR58## [D] is a group of the formula ##STR59## [E] is a C.sub.1 - or a C.sub.2 -alkylene group;
• R.sup.0 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
• R.sup.1 is a z-valent radical selected from aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, aliphatic-aromatic and aliphatic-cycloaliphatic radicals and polyoxyalkylene radicals and is unsubstituted or may have one or more substituents which in the case of an aliphatic radical R.sup.1 are selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy and halogen substituents;
• and in the case of other types of radical R.sup.l are selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy and halogen substituents;
• R.sup.2 is a radical selected from the radicals of the formulae ##STR60## R.sup.4 is a group selected from the groups of the formulae ##STR61## R.sup.5 is a group selected from the groups of the formulae ##STR62## R.sup.6 is a (2.multidot.z)-valent organic group which, together with the carbon atoms C.sup..alpha. and C.sup..beta. of each of the z groups of the formula ##STR63## in a radical of formula (2), forms a cycloaliphatic ring having at least 5 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.14 and
• R.sup.15 are each a hydrogen atom or, when [E] is a C.sub.2 alkylene group, are each a hydrogen atom or together form a methylene group;
• i is an integer from 0 to 20;
• m is an integer from 1 to 20;
• s is an integer from 2 to 10;
• t is an integer from 0 to 10;
• u in the individual units of the formula ##STR64## in formula (5) are independently of one another an integer from 1 to 20;
• v is an integer from 0 to 4;
• x and
• y are independently of one another an integer from 2 to 20, and
• z is the number 1 or 2;
• at least one radically or cationically polymerisable compound that is different therefrom selected from the group consisting of mono-, di-, and poly(meth)acrylates, vinyl compounds, and di- and polyfunctional epoxy compounds;
• and
• at least one photoinitiator for the cross-linking of the compounds.