Radical polymerizable composition and lithographic printing plate precursor using the same
View Patent ↗A radical polymerizable composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin containing a radical polymerizable group, (B) a radical polymerizable compound, and (C) a radical initiator, wherein reactivity of a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound 4B) to a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) is larger than reactivity of a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) to a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A), and a reactivity of a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) is larger than reactivity of a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A).
1. A radical polymerizable composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin containing a radical polymerizable group, (B) a radical polymerizable compound, and (C) a radical initiator, wherein the crosslinking reactivity of a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) to a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) is larger than the crosslinking reactivity of a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) to a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A), and the crosslinking reactivity of a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) is larger than the crosslinking reactivity of a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A), and wherein the combination of polymerizable group (B)/polymerizable group (A) in radical polymerizable compound (B)/polymerizable alkali-soluble resin (A) is selected from the group consisting of acrylate/crotonate, methacrylate/crotonate, and methacrylate/itaconate.
2. The radical polymerizable composition as claimed in claim 1 , which further comprises (D) a sensitizing dye.
3. The radical polymerizable composition as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the sensitizing dye (D) is an infrared absorbing agent having an absorption in a wavelength range of from 700 to 1,200 nm.
4. The radical polymerizable composition as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the sensitizing dye (D) is a sensitizing dye having an absorption in a wavelength range of from 350 to 700 nm.
5. The radical polymerizable composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radical initiator is an onium salt compound or a compound having a carbon-halogen bond.
6. The radical polymerizable composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the combination of polymerizable group (B)/polymerizable group (A) in radical polymerizable compound (B)/polymerizable alkali-soluble resin (A) is selected from the group consisting of acrylate/crotonate and methacrylate/crotonate.
7. An image-forming method comprising irradiating the radical polymerizable composition as claimed in claim 1 with a semiconductor laser having a wavelength of from 350 to 1,200 nm.
8. A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having thereon a recording layer comprising a radical polymerizable composition comprising (A) an alkali-soluble resin containing a radical polymerizable group, (B) a polymerizable compound, and (C) a radical initiator, wherein the crosslinking reactivity of a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) to a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) is larger than the crosslinking reactivity of a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) to a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A), and the crosslinking reactivity of a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to a polymerizable group of the polymerizable compound (B) is larger than the crosslinking reactivity of a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A) to a radical polymerizable group of the alkali-soluble resin (A), and wherein the combination of polymerizable group (B)/polymerizable group (A) in radical polymerizable compound (B)/polymerizable alkali-soluble resin (A) is selected from the group consisting of acrylate/crotonate, methacrylate/crotonate, and methacrylate/itaconate.