Phenylazo-acetoacetanilide derivatives with a polymerizable functional group and related compounds as monomers for preparing polymeric pigment dispersants for inkjet inks

1. A monomer with a chromophore group represented by Formula (I):

wherein

AR 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group;

AR 2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; and

R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, with the proviso that one of R, AR 1 , and AR 2 has a substituent with a polymerizable functional group selected from the group consisting of a styrene group, an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, a maleimide group, a vinyl ester group, and a vinyl ether group.

2. The monomer according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable functional group is an acrylate group or a methacrylate group.

3. The monomer according to claim 1 , wherein AR 2 represents methyl or ethyl.

4. The monomer according to claim 2 , wherein AR 2 is selected from the group consisting of

5. The monomer according to claim 1 represented by Formula (II):

wherein

one of R1 to R11 is the substituent with and said polymerizable functional group;

R1 to R6, R9, and R10, if not representing the substituent with a polymerizable functional group, are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, an alcohol group, a carboxylic acid group, an ester group, an acyl group, a nitro group, and a halogen;

R7 and R8, if not representing the substituent with and said polymerizable functional group and not independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, an alcohol group, a carboxylic acid group, an ester group, an acyl group, a nitro group, and a halogen; together form a heterocyclic ring; and

R11 if not representing the substituent with said polymerizable functional group, represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group.

6. The monomer according to claim 5 , wherein the heterocyclic ring formed by R7 and R8 is imidazolone or 2,3-dihydroxypyrazine.

7. The monomer according to claim 1 selected from the group consisting of:

8. A polymer comprising the monomer of claim 1 .

9. A radiation curable pigment dispersion comprising the monomer of claim 1 .

10. A radiation curable inkjet ink comprising the monomer of claim 1 .