A polyurethane composition includes a first component wherein a polyol mixture containing at least one polyol P1 having an average molar mass of 800-30,000 g/mol, the polyol being a polyhydroxy-functional fat and/or oil, or a chemical modification of natural fats and/or oils; preferably at least one polyol selected from the group of polyester polyols and polyether polyols; and a second component wherein at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate I, and at least one filler. The composition includes a tin catalyst for the reaction of hydroxyl and isocyanate groups, forming a thio complexes, and at least one compound including at least one thiol group, wherein the molar ratio of all thiol groups of all metal atoms of the at least one tin catalyst K (T/K) lies between 2.2:1 and 40:1, and the molar ratio of all NCO groups of the at least one tin catalyst K (NCO/K) lies between 50 and 1500.

A polymerizable composition of the present invention includes a polymerization reactive compound (A), and an internal release agent (B) including a polyether-modified silicone compound (b1) represented by General Formula (1) and a polyether-modified silicone compound (b2) represented by General Formula (2), in which the polymerization reactive compound (A) is one or more compounds selected from a polyiso(thio) cyanate compound, a poly(thio) epoxy compound, a polyoxetanyl compound, a polythietanyl compound, an alkyne compound, a poly(thi)ol compound, a polyamine compound, an acid anhydride, or a polycarboxylic acid compound. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to a polymerizable composition intended to form a polymer composition for an optical material, such as a substrate of an ophthalmic lens, to this polymer composition obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition and having a refractive index of from 1.54 to 1.58, to an ophthalmic lens comprising this polymer composition and to a method for manufacturing this optical material. The polymerizable composition has a refractive index of from 1.54 to 1.58, the polymerizable composition comprising: - at least one non-aromatic polyisocyanate compound comprising at least two —NCO groups; - at least one non-aromatic polythiol compound comprising at least two —SH groups; - at least one polyol, According to the invention, said at least one polyol comprises a polyether polyol.

A photochromic hydroxyurethane compound of the present invention is characterized in that, on condition of having at least one photochromic moiety as the photochromic minimal unit in a molecule, it has a hydroxyurethane constitutional unit represented by Formula (1):

—X—O—CO—NH—  (1)

In the formula, X is an oxygen-containing chain organic group having a hydroxyl group as a substituent, or a hydrogen atom in the hydroxyl group is substituted by any one of (A): a photochromic group having the photochromic moiety; (B): a polymerization reactive group having a polymerizable substituent; (C) an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; (D) a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; or (E): an aryl group having 6 to 14 carbon atoms (each of the groups (C)-(E) can be bonded to an oxygen atom derived from the hydroxyl group via the oxygen-containing chain organic group).

The present invention provides in one aspect holographic materials comprising a covalent adaptable networks (CAN) matrix that has exchangeable crosslinks, and at least one writing monomer, wherein upon exposure to a stimulus, the holographic material can undergo photopolymerization and serve as a recording medium.

The polymerizable composition for an optical material contains an aromatic iso(thio)cyanate compound, a non-aromatic iso(thio)cyanate compound having an unsaturated aliphatic ring, and a polythiol compound.

The polymerizable composition for an optical material contains an aromatic iso(thio)cyanate compound, a non-aromatic iso(thio)cyanate compound having an unsaturated aliphatic ring, and a polythiol compound.

A resin composition, the resin composition including a prepolymer (209) and optionally one or more diluent(s) (FIG. 3A), the prepolymer (209) including repeating units having at least one carbonate linkage and at least one unsaturated side-chain, the at least one optional diluent(s) comprising at least one unsaturated side-chain, with either or both of the prepolymer (209) and the at least one optional diluent(s) including at least one O=C-N linkage, preferably a urethane linkage.

An embodiment relates to a polymeric composition for a polythiourethane-based optical material, wherein the polymeric composition, comprising a particular additive, may appropriately adjust the reactivity of an isocyanate such that viscosity is maintained low for a predetermined period of time, and thus is capable of preparing a high-quality polythiourethane-based optical material, without a complicated purification process. Moreover, a polythiourethane-based optical material according to an embodiment has not only a uniform refractive index, but also a low yellow index, and thus may be used as a variety of plastic optical lenses, such as an eyeglass lens or a camera lens and the like.

The present invention relates to [1] a polymerizable composition for optical member containing a polymerizable component and a urethaneurea compound having a structural unit derived from tolylene diisocyanate in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable component; [2] a production method of an optical member, including a step of injecting the polymerizable composition of [1] into a molding die, and a step of polymerizing the polymerizable composition; and [3] a spectacle lens including a spectacle lens substrate obtained by the production method of [2].