CA1248805A - Photopolymerizable laminate - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A photopolymerizable laminate comprising a photopolymerizable layer and a support layer, said photo-polymerizable layer containing:

(1) 5 to 95 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a binder comprising a vinyl polymer or a vinyl copolymer, (2) 95 to 5 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a monomeric component containing at least 50 % by weight of at least one com-pound selected from the group consisting of the photo-polymerizable unsaturated compounds represented by the formulae (A), (B) and (C) shown below and having a value of molecular weight/number of double bonds contained of 1000 or less, and (3) 0.01 to 30 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a photopoly-merization initiator.

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Description

~Z~ 5 BACKGROUND OF THE INVE~TION

Field of the Invention This invention relates to a novel photopolymer-izable laminate. More particularly, the present invention pertains to a photopolymerizable laminate which is useful for preparation of a printed circuit board.

Description of the Prior Art As pho~oresist materials for preparation of printed circuit boards, photopolymerizable elements, so-called dry film resists, which comprise a photopolymer-izable layer and a support layer have been known. The dry film resists are usually prepared by laminating a photopolymerizable material on a flexible support film, and optionally covering the surface of the photopolymer-izable material with a protective film. When preparing a printed circuit board by use of the dry film resist (hereinafter referred to as "DFR"), first after peel-of of the protective layer, the photopolymerizable layer is laminated on a substrate for forming permanent images, for example, a copper-clad laminate and then subjected to imagewise exposure, followed by peel-off of the sup-port layer, if desired. Subsequently, by using a develop-in~ liquid, the support layer left to remain as desired and the unexposed portion of the photopolymerizable layer are removed by dissolution of dispersion to form a resist image on the surface of the substrate. Then, a desired printed circuit board can be obtained by two ways. One way consists of etching the portion of the substrate where the resist is not formed and stripping the resist.
The other way consists of plating the portion of the substrate where the resist is not formed, stripping the resist, and etching the substrate where the resist has been stripped.

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~L,f6~8~5 Whereas, recently, among the printed circuit boards prepared by use of DFR, increased is the printed circuit boards with electrical connection between one surace and the other surface of the boards through an electroconductive circuit~-forming material layer, for example, a thin copper layer, provided on the inner sur-faces of thru-holes. As the method for preparation of pxinted circuit of this kind, the copper thru-hole methods and the solder thru-hole methods are generally known, and the tenting method is becoming popular among the copper thru-hole methods. In the tenting method, simultaneously with formation of wiring images by exposure, both open-ings of the thru-hole are completely sealed with the photo-hardened layer. During etching of the copper thin layer~ etc., in order to orm a wiring, said pho~o-hardened layer protects the electroconductive layer on the inner surface of the thru-hole agains-t etching solu-tion and therefore it is possible to obtain a printed circuit in which the both surface are conductive to each other through the thru-hole. The electroconductive circuit-forming material layer on the peripheral surface o the openings of the thru-hole may have a width which is very limited due to the restriction in circuit de~ign-ing. Accordingly, Inthe above-mentioned tenting method, the photopolymerized layer sealing the openings on both sides of the thru-hole is supported on a band portion with a very narrow width which is called land. The ex-posed photopolymerized layer sealing the openings will be showered with developing solution and etching solution and therefore may frequently suffer from breaking of the photopolymerized layer or peeling o*f from the substrate.
For this reason, the photopolymerizable layer to be used for the tenting method is required to have good mechanical strength, good adhesiveness to the substrate and chemical resistance after exposure.

~Z'~ )5 In this context, the pho-topolymerizable layer of DFR widely used a-t present time comprises (1) an un-saturated compound having at least one ethylenic group capable of photopolymeriza~ion as a monomer, (2) a thermo-plastic organic polymer as a binder, (3) a photopolymer-ization initiator and (4) other additives (see U.S. Patents 3,6~2,33~ and 4,320,189).

The above-mentioned monomer may include tri-methylolpropane triacrylate and pentaerythritol triacrylate having two or more ethylenic double bonds. As another e~ample, there is also shown triethyleneglycol diacrylate having ether linkage. On the other hand, as the binder, those compatible with monomer are chosen, as e~emplified by polymethyl methacrylate, copolymers of methacrylic acid es~er, acrylic acid ester or styrene.

However, the mechanical strength or the adhesive-ness with a substrate o~ the photopolymerized layer is influenced by the monomer, the binder and their ratios employed, particularly greatly by the monomer. The mechanical strength, chemical resistance and adhesiveness with the substrate of the photopolymerizable layer em-ploying the monomer as mentioned above are not necessarily satisfactory, when the photopolymerizable layer is thin.
Accordingly, when using the tenting method, the photo-polymerizable layer must be made thick.

On the other hand, demand for minituarization of electronic parts and elements is increasingly strong, and correspondingly the printed circuit board with higher density or finer lines is strongly desired.

For formation of such a high density printed circuit, the DFR e~loyed must have a high resolution, but the resolution is lowered by increasing the thickness of the photopolymerizable la~er. Accordingly, when image :

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~ormation i9 ef~ec~ed by applying the DFR comprising the photopolymerizable layer as described above for the tent-ing method, it is di~ficult to obtain a circuit image which is very precise and o~ high density.

On the other hand, according to the solder thru-hole method widely used also at the present time, the electroconductive circuit-constituting material layer, ~or example, copper thin layer, is covered with a protec-tive m~tal such as solder before etching of the unnecessary portions on the surface of the substrate for forming permanent images. In the solder thru-hole method, the substrate covered with a patterned photopolymerized layer is subjected to cleaning for copper plating such as defatting by alkali washing, defatting by washing with an aqueous surfactant solution or electrolytic polishing, and then to electroless copper plating and further to copper plating and solder plating. Accordingly, also in the case of preparin~ a high density printed circuit, a line distance o~ the circuit will become narrower.

Thus, when the line distance becomes narrower, penetration of a plating solution or a cleaning solution into the resist or bet~een the resist and the substrate and small 10at of the resist during cleaning:.before ::
pl~ting,:copper.plating:and:solder:.plating treatmènt pose great problems, and therefore DFR is required to have excellent resistance to cleaning reagents, copper plating and solder plating. The copper plating resistance, solder plating resistance and resistance to cleaning re-agents of the photopolymerized layer are also influenced by the monomer and the binder employed for the photo-polymerizable layer, particularly predominantly by the monomer and its amount. The photopolymerizable layer using as the monomer an acrylic acid ester or a meth-acrylic acid ester having only an ester bond or an ester bond and an ether bond such as trimethylolpropane tri-, ., `

~Z'~ 5 acrylate or polyethylene glycol diacrylate is insufficientparticularly in copper plating resistance, solder plating resistance and resistance to pre-treatment chemicals.

In order to compensate for such drawbacks, for example, it has been proposed to add a heterocyclic com-pound to the photopolymerizable layer (see U.S. Patent 3,622,334 and ~apanese Laid-open Patent Publication No.
192946/1982). However, such composition has a dis-advantage that the additive may sometimes be precipita~ed during storage of DFR for a long term.

G.B. Patent 1379228 discloses a photopolymer-izable copying material using a monomer represented by the formula (A') shown below:
R~ Rl R3'C-~ ~12 ) n;~ CO-NH-X-NH- C~O- ( CH2- ~1 2-O) m- ~2- C-R2 1 (A l ) wherein X'is a saturated hydrocarbon radical with 2 to 12 carbon atoms or an arylene radical with 6 to 10 carbon atoms, Rl and Rl ~ ~ which are identical or different, are each alkyl with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R4 or CH2R4 ~
R2, R2', R'3' and R3' are identical or different and are each H, CH3 or CH2R4, R4 iS O--CO~Rs = CH2, Rs iS H or CH 3, and nland m~are identical or different numbers from 0 to 20, R4 being present in at least one of the radicals ~l, R2 and R3 and in at least one of the radicals Rl', R2 ' and However, the monomer represented by the formula (A') is small in solubility in a conventional developer for manu-facturing of printed circuit boards using DFR, such as , ..

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l,l,l~trifluoroethane, trichloroethylene, etc. This means that minute amount of monomer will remain on the substrate, even when attempted to remove the unexposed portion by developing, which poses the problem that subsequent steps of plating, etching, etc. will not proceed uniformly.

As the improved method ~or preparation of a printed circuit board using DFR, it has bee-n proposed to use a photopolymerizable laminate whose support layer can be dissolved or dispersed in a liquid for developing of the photopolymerizable layer and, after exposure for image formation, to remove by developing the flexible support layer and the unexposed portion of the photo-polymerizable layer as such, wi~hout peeling off the ~lexible suppoxt layer from the photopolymerizable layer, thereby forming a resist image on a substrate for forming permanent images (U.S. Patents 4,211,560, 4,301,230 and 4,360,582). This method has the advantage of simplifying the steps in preparation of printed circuit boards.

However, in the case when using as the monomer in the photopolymerizable layer in this method, for example, an acrylic acid ester or a methacrylic acid ester having only an ester bond or an ester bond and an etner bond such as trimethylolpropane triacrylate or poly-ethylene glycol diacrylate, if lamination is performed at a high temperature while applying an excessive tension on DFR, there may be ~enerated cracks on the flexible sup-port layer laminated on the substrate for forming perma-nent images.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
-The principal object of this invention is to provide a photopolymerizable laminate which results in images having good mechanical strength and excellent ~ .~ ~

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Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following descrip-tion.

The laminate disclosed in the pre~en~ inven-tion comprises a photopolymerizable laminate comprising a photopolymerizable layer and a support layex, optionally with a protecti~e layer existing on the surface of the photopolymerizable layer, said photopolymerizable layer containing:
tl) S to 95 ~ by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a binder comprising a vinyl polymer or a vinyl copolymer,

(2) 95 to 5 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a monomeric component containing at least 50 % by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the photopolymerizable unsaturated compounds represented by the formulae (A), (B) and (C) shown below and having a value of molecular weight/number of double bonds con-tained of 1000 or less, and

(3) 0.01 to 30 % by weight, ba~ed on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer~ of a photopolymer-ization initiator, O H H O
Il I r 1 1 11 CH2=C-C-O-X-C-O-C-NH-Y-NH-C~Z-CI-NH-Y-NH-C~C-X-o-C-C-CUz (A) R, R2 O O O R2 R~

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[CH2=C-C-~X-l-O-C- ~ (B) Rl R2 O m O U H O
[CH2-C-C-O-X- C-O-C-~W-NEl- C-O-~-C-NH-~NH-C-O-C-X-O-C-C=CH2 ] ( C ) Rl R2 1 Rz Rl m-l .... .

wherein _ is an inteyer of 0 or more;
m is an integer of 3 to 10;
Rl is hydrogen or methyl;
X is a divalent Cl-a aliphatic hydrocarbon group, ~CH2-CH-0 ~CH2- or ~CH2t-0-C ~ C-~CH2tr(where R3is aCI_4 alkyl group, _ is an integer of 1 to 10, $ and r are each an integer of 1 to 4);
R2 is a Cl-6 alkyl group or CH2-O-R4 (where R4 is phenyl, an aryl group or a Cl_6 alkyl group);
Y is a divalent C2_l~ hydrocarbon group;
Z is ~CH2 ~ 0- , ~CH2-lCH-OtX
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-CH 2 -C-CH 2-- or -CH-CH 2--Zl- CH 2-CH-0-. I
CHg CH2-0-C-C=CH2 CH2-0-C-C=CH2 Il ~1 11 1 0 Rl 0 Rl (where t is an integer of 2 to 10, x is an integer of 1 to 30, Z is tCH2 ~0- , ~CH2-CH-Otx , CH3 Rl -CH2-C-CH2-0- , -C ~ -C-0- or -CH2-CH-0 ~ C ~ 0-CH-CH2-0- ); and Rl CH3 R
W is ~Y-WI l~p~-Y o /C-N\
[where Wl is -NH-C-N C-NH- , -N\ /C=0 , I ~-N
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-NH-C-0-W2-0-C-NH- or o s ~ C~ ~ H2 ~ ~

(W2 is a trivalent C3_l0 alkyl group)].

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As the binder, thermoplastic polymers comprising polymers or copolymers of vinyl monomers may be used.
Among them, polymers or copolymers comprising monomers of the formula (D) are preferred:
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H2C = C \ (D) wherein Vl represents hydrogen or methyl and V2 represents phenyl, -~ORs, -O-~-CH 3, Cl or vinyl (Rs is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

It is more preferable to use a polymer or a co-polymer comprising a monomer selected from methyl meth-acrylate, methyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, styrene and butadiene.

The molecular weight of the binder may prefer-ably be 20,000 to 500,000, more preferably 50,000 to 300,000, in terms of we.ight average molecular weight.
If the molecular weight is too large, developing time will be undesirably prolonged~ On the contrary, a binder with too small molecular weight will lower disadvantageously the mechanical strength of the cured resist.

The photopolymerizable unsaturated compound to he used in the pre~ent invention is required to have a value of its molecular weight divided by the number of double bonds which is not more than 1000, preferably from 100 to 700. The photopolymerlzable unsaturated :.

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1Z~L~I 88~)5 compound is selected from those having the formula (~, (B) or (C) as specified above, ~ut a comhination of plural kinds o~ photopolymerizable unsaturated compounds may also be used. To describe about the formula (A), the upper limit of n is determined spontaneously depend-ing on the molecular weight per double bond of the com-pound. Rl may preferably be hydrogen from standpoint of polymerizability. X may preferably be ~CH2tk wherein k is an integer of 1 to 6, ~C~I2-CH-O~ OEI2- wherein p is an integer of 1 to 10, or -CH2-CH2-O-~ C-O-CH2- , particularly -CH2-. As R2, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms are preferred. More preferably, methyl and ethyl may be employed. Y should preferably be selected from the groups as set forth below:
ÇH3 ÇH3 ~CH2~ , -CH2-C,-CH2-CH2-CH-CH2- , - -CH2 ~ CH2- and CH3 C'13 (s is an integer of 2 to 8).
Among them, hexamethylene group, 2,2,5-trimethylhexa-methylene group and toluylene group are further preferred.
Z may preferably be tCH2ttO- or ~CH2-~lI-Otx (where t is an integer of 2 to 10 and x is an integer of 1 to 30). The values of t and x are also spontaneously limited by limitation of the molecular weight of the compound.
As Rl, methyl is preferred here.

In the formula (B), W is ~Y-~p-Y- and Wl may preferably be one selected from the following structures ~ ' (El) to (E4~:
~ o -NH- -N-C-NH- (El) C -N~ (E2) C -N\

-NE- -O ~2-O-~-NH- (E3) O-~-NH-~ ~I2 ~ CH2 ~ (E4) wherein W2 is a trivalent alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and _ is an integer of 3 to 10~

Among them, a compound wherein Wl has the structure (El), Y is hexamethylene or wherein Wl has the structure (E3), W2 is represented by the structure (Es) and Y is hexa-methylene or toluylene is particularly preferred:

CHg-l-CH2- (Es) Of the formulae (A) r (B) and (C), those re-presented by the formula (A) are preferred as the photo-polymerizable unsaturated compound, and a mixture of the compounds with n being from O to 2 or 3 is preferred.

Next, an example of the method for preparation of these compounds i5 briefly descrihed. Among the com-pounds represented by the formula (A~, the compound of n=O can be obtained from the reaction between a starting monomer represented by the formula (Fl) and a diisocyanate represented by the formula (F2):

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CH2=l-C-o-X-I-OH (Fl) Rl R2 OCN-Y-NCO (F2) If a diol represented by the (F3) i9 further permitted here to be co-present with the above monomers, compounds represented by the formula (A) of n=l or more will be formed, simultaneou~ly with formation of the compound o n=0:

HO-Z-H (F 3 ) Further, the compound represented by the formula (B) is the reaction product between a monomer represented by the formula (Fl) and a polyisocyanate represented by e formula tF4):

W t NCO )m (F4) Here, if a diol represented by the formula ~F 3) iS permit-ted to coexist, the compound represented by the formula (C) will also be formed. In the above formulae, Rl, R2, X, Y, Z, W and m have the same meanings as definPd above.

Preferable examples of the monomer (Fl) may include ?-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl meth-acrylate, 2-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxy-propyl acrylate, polypropyleneglycol monoacrylate, polypropyleneglycol monomethacrylate, acryloxyethyl-2-hydroxypropyl phthalate, methacryloxyethyl-2-hydroxy-propyl phthalate and the like.

Preferable examples of the diisocyanate (F 2) may include hexamethylene diisocyanate, toluylene di-isocyanate, 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, xylylene diisocyanate, isophorone dilsocyanate, 2,2,5-trimethyl-, ~ - : -'' ~ "

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hexamethylene diisocyanate and the like.

Typical examples of the diol (F 3 ) are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butane diol, hexane diol, and further diols represented by the formula (Fs):

HO-IH~CH2-O-Zl-CH2-CH-OH
CH2-O-~ cH2 CH2-O- ~ CH2 (Fs) wherein Rl is hydrogen or methyl, and Zl is preferably ~CH2~-0- or ~cH2-cH-otxl (t' and x' is each an integer of 1 to 10).

Typical examples of the polyisocyanate (F 4 ) are water adducts of hexamethylene diisocyanate, iso-phorone diisocyanate and toluylene diisocyanate, re-spectively, and trimethylol propane adduct.

The reaction should desirably be conducted in a sol~ent. As the solvent, aromatic hydrocarbons such as toluene or xylene, esters such as ethyl acetate, butyl propionate, ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone or methyl isobutyl ketone are preferred. While the reaction can proceed under either absence or presence of a catalyst, it is preferred to use a catalyst in order to carry out the reaction rapidly. As the catalyst, there may be employed, for example, a tertiary amine such as triethylamine or triethylene diamine, or a organo tin compound such as stannous octoate or dibutyltin dilaurate.

It is alsu desirable to carry out the reaction under the conditions where the carbon-carbon double bonds in the compound (Fl) or (Fs) will not be polymerized.
For this purpose, the reaction temperature should be , ,, . . . -i, - ~
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80 C or lower, preferably 50 C or lower. The reaction is also desired to be conducted, while shielding the reaction system from light.

Further, it is preferable to react one equiva-lent or more of hydroxyl groups per one equivalent of isocyanate group to avoid free isocyanate groups.

The monomeric component in the photopolymer-izable layer in the present invention may also contain other photopolymerizable compounds, if desired, provided such compounds are not main components in the monomexic component.

Such photopolymerizable compounds may include monomers represented by the following formulae;
H\ Z2 /C = C / (F6) H \Z3 wherein Z2 is hydrogen, methyl or halogen and Z 3 iS phenyl, vinyl phenyl, cyano, halogen, pyridyl, imidazolyl or -CO-O-Z 4 (wherein Z 4 iS C 1-1 2 alkyl group, C6_l0 cyclo-al~yl group, allyl, benzyl, C2_6 hydroxyalkyl group, C 3- 8 dialkylaminoalkyl group, C~-6 halo alkyl group, tetrahydrofurfuryl, halo phenyl, carbitol group or hydrogen), and including, for example, styrene; divinyl-benæene; acrylonitrile; methacrylonitrile; monoacrylates such as ethyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, ben~yl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, lauryl acrylate, carbitol acrylate, methoxypolyethylene glycol acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxy-3-chloropropyl acrylate, 1,4-butylene-glycol monoacrylate, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, di-ethylaminoethyl acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, 2-chloroethyl acrylate, 2,3-dibromopropyl acrylate, tribromophenyl acrylate, allyl acrylate, ~-chloroacrylo-. ~ .

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: -8~Q5 nitxile, vinyl pyridine, vinyl imidazole and so on;

CH2 = f-C-O-Zs-O-I-C = CH2 (F7) RlO O Rl wherein Zs is C2_ 1 o divalent alkyl group or H-CH2-O ~ H-CH2~ (wherein Q is an integer of 1 to 20 Rl Rl and Rl is hydrogen or methyl) and Rl is the same as de-fined above, and including, for example, acrylic ac.id esters or methacrylic acid esters of diols such as pentane diol, hexane diol, ethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, nonaethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, neopentane diol, polypropylene glycol and the like;
O O Rl Il 11 1 CH2 = f-C-O-Z6-O-C-C = CH2 (F~) Rl o-C-f=CH2 Rl .
wherein Z 6 iS C 3 _ 1 2 trivalent alkyl group, C 6 - 1 4 tri-valent alkoxyalkyl group or -C-C-N~ _N--C-o and Rl is the same as defined above, and including, for example, trimethylolpropane, tri-acrylate, tri(acryloxypropoxy)hexane, tri(acryloxypropoxy)-propane, tris(hydroxyethyl)triazine acrylate and meth-acrylic acid esters corresponding to these;
IZ7 l12 fH2 fH2 Z8-CH2-f - -CH2-O-CH2-f - -CH2-ZlI ~Fs) Zg Zlo i-wherein at least three o Z7 - Zl 2 are -O-C-C-CH2 (wherein O

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:, ' Rl is hydrogen or methyl) and the remaining are hydroxyl groups and i is 0 or 1, and including, for example, pentaerythritol triacrylate, pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, dipentaerythritol penta-acrylate, dipentaerythritol tetraacrylate and dipenta-erythritol triacrylate;
R, l2H5 C2H5 R~
C=C~ 0_~2_l-~2-~lCl-Zl3-lCl~0-~2-l-C~2-O-lCl-C=~2 (Flo) o IH2 o o CH2 o l C=o Cl-o RL_C=CH2 R~-C=CH2 wherein Z13 iS Cl-8 divalent alkyl group, ~ or ~ , Rl is the same as defined above and ] is an integer of 2 to 6, and including, for example, ARONIX
(product of Toa Gosei Kagaku Kogyo.`.Kabushiki Kaisha);

IRl H
3 ( F 1 1 ) wherein Zl 4 iS C 1- 1~ alkyl group, Cl- 6 hydroxyalkyl group or -CH2-NH-C-C=CH2 and Rl is the same as defined above, and including, for example, acrylamide, methylenebis-acrylamide, N-t-butylacrylamide, N-t-octylacrylamide, N-methylolacrylamide, N-butoxymethylacrylamide and methacryl-amides corresponding to these;
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wherein Rl is the same as defined above;

~ CH=CH-I-OZl5 (Fl3) wherein Z 15 iS hydrogen or Cl_lO alkyl group, and includ-ing, for e~ample, cinnamic acid, ethyl cinnamate and propyl cinnamate;

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Hll N-Z 16 (Fl4) wherein Z 16 is hydrogen, phenyl or ~ CH~ ~ W\ ¦¦ , and including, or example, maleimide, phenyl maleimide and diphenylmethane bis-maleimide;
diacrylates or dimethacrylates represented by the follow-ing formula (Fls)~ R1 CH2=C-C-O-CH2- IH_CH2_0_Zl_CH2_ 1 -CH2-O- ICl-C-CH2 (F 1 s ) R, O OH OH O

wherein Rl and Z1 are the same as defined above; and diacrylates or dimethylacrylates represented by the following formula (Fl 6 ) CHg Rl CH~ CI~O-Z 1 e~CH2~ CH 9 0~ CH2-Z 18-~ ICl-C=CH2 ( F 1 6 ) wherein Zl 8 iS -CH2-~ -CH- or -~H2-C- , Rl is the same ~H3 ~H

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as defined above and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

Examples of photopolymerization initiators or pho~osensitizers available in the present invention may include, for example, polynucleus quinones such as benzoin, benzoin alkyl ethers, anthraquinone and the like; dyes and electron-donating substances such as benzophenone, chloro-benzophenone, Michler~s ]cetone, fluorenone, thioxanthone, dialkylthioxanthone, halogenated thioxanthone, isoamyl dimethylaminobenzoate, ethyl dimethylaminobenzoate, naphthalene sulfonyl chloride, azobisisobutyronitrile, l-azobis-l-cyclohexanecarbonitrile, 2,4-dichlorobenæoyl peroxide, diphenyl disulfide, dibenzothiazole, 1-(4-isopropylphenyl)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropane-1-one, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropane-1-one, erythroycin and the like; triethylamine, p-aminobenzoic acid esters, tri-phenylphosphine, 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone, and so on. These photopolymerization initiators or photo-sensitizers may be used either individually or as a combination of two or more compounds.

~ he weight percentages of the components based on the total weight of the polymerizable layer are 5 to 95 %, preferably 20 to 80 %, more preferably 30 to 70 %
for the ~inder: 95 to 5 %, preferably 80 to 20 ~, more preerably 70 to 30 ~, for the monomeric component; and the monomeric component contains at least 50 % by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consist-ing of the compounds represented by the formulae (A), (B) and (C~. The content of the photopolymerization initiator may be 0.01 to 30 %, preferably 0.1 to 15 %, more prefer-ably 1 to 10 %.

Further, in the photopolymexizable layer of the present invention, it is possible to add additives such as dyes, stabilizers, copper surface adherents, plasti-cizers, et~.

The photopolymerizable layer may have a thickness which may differ depending on the purpose of use, but may preferably be 5 to 150 ~m, more preferably 5 to 70 ~m, for use in preparation of a printed circuit board, with resolu-tion being enhanced as the thickness in thinner.

The support layer to be used in the photopolymer-izable laminate of the present invention may be either transparent or opaque to active rays, but desirably trans-parent transmissive of active rays in view of the working operations in the image forming step.

As the support layer transmissive of active rays, there may be included films of polyethyleneterephthalate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl chloride, vinyl chloride co-polymer, polyvinylidene chloride, vinylidene chloride co-polymer, polymethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate co-polymer, polystyrene, styrene copolymer, polyamide and cellulose derivatives.

As already described above, the process, in which resist images are formed by subjecting both of the support layer and the photopolymerizable layer as such without peeling the support layer off from the photo-polymerizable layer to developing for removal of the unexposed portions, has the advantages of simplification of the process and stability of images. To be applied for this process, the support layer is required to be a material which can be dissolved or dispersed in a solvent which dissolve or disperse the photopolymerizable layer.
As the support layer, it is particularly preferred to use a film of polymethyl methacrylate, methyl methacrylate copol~mer, polystyrene or styrene copolymer with respect to its solubility when the liquid ~or developing is an organic solvent, or to use a polymeric film containing amino groups, ammonium groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxylic groups or salts thereof, such as polyvinyl alcohol film~

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cellulos~ derivative film, when the liquid for developing is aqueous.

The protective layer may exist on the surface of the photopolymerizable layer, and must be easily peeled off from the photopolymerizable layer. For this purpose, polyethylene film, polypropylene film, Cellophanel peeling paper or polyethyleneterephthalate treated with peeling agent is preferably used as the protective film.

~ he photopolymerlzable layer disclosed in the present invention can be hardened by irradiation of active rays, and the active rays herein mentioned refers to visible light, UV-ray and electron beam. As the light source, there are the sun, arc lamp, mercury lamp, high pressure mercury lamp, ultra-high pressure mercury lamp, sterili~ing lamp, xenon lamp and fluorescent lamp.

The photopolymerizable laminate disclosed in the present invention is particularly useful for use in ormatlon of printed circuit board. In both of the cases o~ the copper thru-hole process according to the tenting method and the solder thru-hole process, the present photopolymerizable laminate can be used in conventional manner widely known in the art to prepare print wiring plates with very good results. In the tenting method, as reflected by the high mechanical strength of the hardened film and good adhesion to the substrate, there is little damage on the sealing film for thru-hole during developing or etching. On the other hand, in the solder thru-hole method, during plating, good plating resistance was exhibited without any plating solution penetrated into the surface between the resist and the substrate.
Also, since the unexposed portion can be completely re-moved by developing, etching or plating can be applied very evenly. Further, the present photopolymerizable layer has a high photosensitivity, which will bring about shortening of the exposure time. That is, by use of the photopolymerizable laminate disclosed in the present invention, one can enjoy the advantages that a high density and high precision printed circuit board can be prepared easily, and also that ~he step of preparing the printed circuit board can be simplified.

Another superiority of the present invention is the fact that the photopolymerizable lamina-te of the present invention is applicable without causing a problem such as cracks for a more preferable process, in which the flexible support layer is removed by developing as such, without peel-off from the photopolymerizable layer, together with the unexposed portion of the photopolymer-izable layer.
It can be also applied for preparation of decorative panels or printing plates.

The present invention is further illustrated by referring to the following Examples, by which the present invention is not limited at all.

~ ~3 -Reference Example l -Into a four-neck.ed flask of 2-Q volume equipped with a droppincJ runnel, a thermometer and a stirrer,168 g of hexamethylene diisocyanate as the compound (F2), 80 g of methyl ethyl ketone as the Solvent 1 and 0.6 g of dibutyltin dilaurate as the catalyst were charged. While qtirring ths mixture, a mix~re of 286 g of 2-hydroxy-propyl-acrylate as the compound (Fl) and 65 g of methyl ethyl ketone as tne Solvent 2 was added dropwise at an innsx tempera~ure which was controlled to be no~ higher than 35 C. After the d~opwise addition, stirring wa~
continued at ~0 C fox 30 hours until the characteristic absoxption o~ the isocyanate yroups at around 2270 cm l in IR-absorption spectrum was con~irmed to ha~e substan-tially d~sappeared. Then! as the Solven~ 3, 50 g of metn~l ethyl ketone was added. This reaction product is called as C~l.

Reference Example 2 Into the sam~ flask as in Reference Example 1, ~50 ~ of 2,4-toluylene diisocyanate as the compound (F2), 80 g of acetone and 0.6~ y of dibutyltin dilaurate were cllar~ed, and a mixture oE 336 g of 2--hydroxyp~opyl acrylate ~s the co~lpound (Fl1., an.~2I5 g.ofacetone was added to the resultant mixture under stirring~ After addition, stir-ring ~as continued for 25 hours, during which the inner temperature was controlled at no~ higher than 40 C~ A
part of the xeaction mixture was sampIed and mixed with equal amouilt of~ ethanol, and the mlxture le~t to stand at 50 C for one hour. Thls sample was sub~çcted to ~el pe~neat.ion chr~matoyraph~. As the result, no adduct Qf tolulyerle diisocyanate.anl.l ethanol ::W~5 r~cognized.and tolulyene diis~cyanate was confi.cmed to be consumed in the xeaction Thi~ reac~ion mi~t~lre i~ called as C-2.

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Reference Example 4 ~ Into the same flask as employed in Reference Example l, lOQ g of hexamethylene diisocyanate as the compound (F2), 0.35 g of dibutyltin dilaurate as the catalyst and 70 g of ethyl acetate as the Solvent l were charged. -While stirring the mixture, a mixture of 200 g of polyethylene glycol (ave~age molecular weight 200) as the compound (F3) was added dropwise over 2 hours. Dur-ing the addition, the inner temperature was controlled to be not higher than 40 C by controlling the temperature of the water bath and the dxopping rate. Further, after stirring at 40 C for one hour, 134 g of 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate as the compound (Fl) was added dropwise at an inner temperature controlled to be not higher than 40 C.
Then, the mixture was stirred at 40 C for 48 hours, and lO0 g of-ethyl acetate as the Solvent 2 was added to give a homogeneous solution. This is called as C-4.

Reference Examples 5 - 13 Using the device and the method as described in Reference Example l, various ~,onomeric components ~Reac-tion product ~C)] were prepared. The starting m~t~rials *tra~e mark 6~S

and their a~ounts charged are shown in Table 1. As the catalyst, in every case, dibutyltin dilaurate was used.
The products in respective Reference examples are called as C-5 to C-13.

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Reference Example 15 Into a separable flask of 5-Q volume equipped with a stirrer and a reflux condenser, 2000 gof deionized water was charged and 10 g of methyl cellulose (METOLOSE
S~-100, produced by Shinetsu Kagaku Co., Ltd.) and 5 g of sodium chloride were dissolved therein. With stirring at 75 C, a homogeneous mixture comprising 480 g of meth~l methacrylate and 20 g of butyl acrylate as the monomers, 2.5 g of azobisisobutyronitrile and 1 g of dodecyl mercaptan was charged into the solution. About one hour later, the inner temperature began to be elevated until reaching 90 C. When the inner temperature lowered :
to 80 C, the water bath was heated to 80 C, whereat the mixture was stirred for 2 hours and further at 90 C for one hour. Then, the contents were poured into a metal sieve o~ 300 mesh and washed with sufficient amount of water As the result, a polymer in shape of beads with particle sizes of 100 to 400 ~m was obtained, which was then dried. This polymer i9 called as B-15. This B-l~
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(produced by Mitsubishi Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.) as the dye, 0.2 g of benzotriazole and 30 mg o~ p-methoxyphenol as the additives, and 84 g of ethyl acetate as the solvent were charged, followed by stirring for 15 hours. Then, a support of polyethyleneterephthalate film with a thickness of ~0 ~m was coated by means of a blade coater with the above mixture, dried on air for 30 minutes and then in an oven at 60 C for 15 minutes. The photopolymerizable layer obtained had a thickness of 35 ~m. Next, after a polyethylene film with a thickness of 25 ~m as the protec-tive layer was laminated on the photosensitive layer by pressure rollers, the laminate was bonded onto a copper-clad laminate by pressure rollers at 80 C, while peeling o~f the above polyethylene film. This laminate was ex-posed to light through a nega-mask film at a dose of 100 mJ/cm2 using a ultra-high pressure mercury lamp (Phoenix ~odel 3000, produced by Oak Seisakusho). Subs~quently, the polyethyleneterephthalate film was peeled off, and the une.Yposed portion was dissolved and removed by spraying l,l,l-trichloroethane through a spray nozzle for 120 sec-onds. As the result, good image was obtained (this is called as Resist image). It was confirmed that it exhi-bited a resolution of 40 ~m. Next, when the exposed cop-pe~ face was etched by spraying a ferric chloride solution of 50 C for 2 minutes, no image flow was observed.

Example 2 In a 10-Q separable flask eq~ipped with a stir-rer and a reflux condenser, 1960 g of a binder of methacrylic resin ~DELPET*70H, produced by Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) was dissolved in 3000 g of methyl ethyl ketone as the solvent under stirring at 70 C, fol-lowed by addition of 1880 g of C-4 and 332 g of dipentaery-thritol pentaacrylae (DPHA*produced by Nihon Kayaku Co., *trade mark ~2~

L~d.) as the monomeric components, 80 g of benzophenone and 8 g o~ Michler~s ketone as initiators, 2C g of Dia Resin Blue-P as the dye, 8 g of benzotriazole and 1.3 g of p-methoxyphenol as the additives. The mixture was stirred for 6 hours, and the resultant solution was applied by means of a coating machine on a 38 ~m poly-ethylene film as the protective layer, followed by drying of ~he solvent, to form a photosensitive layer with a thickness of 40 ~m. This laminate was wound up in a roll while being covered with a 15 ~m oriented polystyrene film for the support. This laminate is called as L-2.
Next, by use of AL 700 (lamlnator: product of Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha) the photosensitive layer supported on the polystyrene was laminated by adhesion on both sur-faces of a thru-hole substrate ~copper-clad laminate with 1064 holes with 4.0 mm diameter being bored at intervals of 4.0 mm, with the thru-hole portions also subjected to copper plating), while peeling off the polyethylene film, to obtain a laminated substrate. The heating rolls of the laminator were set at 80 C. After irradiation of light at a dose of 120 mJ/cm2 by use of a ultra-high pressure mercury lamp on the laminated substrate, develop-ing was conducted by spraying l,l,l-trichloroethane for 120 seconds and the number of the breaking of the hardened film on the thru-holes was counted. As the result, no breaking was ohserved. (This test is called as Tenting-I).

Then, the above substrate subjected to develop-ment processing was subjected to etchiny operation by spraying ferric chloride solution of 50 C for 2 minutes, whereby no breaking was observed. (This test is called as Tenting-II). Next, by using another laminated substrate, exposure was effected on both surfaces through a land mask under the above conditions to form hardened films with a diameter of 4.6 mm on both openings of respective thru-holes, and thereafter the tests were conducted similarly as Tenting-I and II. The respective tests are called as ' . ., ' :
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Example 3 A photosensitive composition was prepared according to the same recipe as in Example 1 except for using no dye. A photosensitive layer was formed to a thicXness of 120 ~m on a polyethyleneterephthalate film with a thickness of 38 ~m, and the lamina-te covered with polyethylene film was wound up in a roll. While peeling off the polyethylene film from the laminate, the laminate was subjected to lamination on a plywood with rubber rolls. After exposure by means of a high pressure mercury lamp at a dose of 400 mJ/cm2, the polyethylene-terephthalate film was peeled of, whereby a tough coated film was formed on the plywood. This film had a pencil hardness of 4H. Further, exposure test was conducted by means of a weather-o-meter for 500 hours. As the result, no change was observed in appearance, surface hardn~ss and adhesion to the plywood, Examples 4 - 17 Using the same laminatQr as in Example 2, dry film resist laminates were formed according to the same method. The starting materials and their amounts, thick-nesses of the resist layers, the protective layers and supports are listed in Table 2. For respective Examples, 0.2 % of benzotriazole and 0.05 % of p-methoxyphenol were added based on the total weight of the monomer and the binder to prepare resist solutions, The laminates obtained are called as L-4 to L-17, respectively.

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M-2: D-330~, produced by Nihon Kayaku Co., Ltdo (main component: dipentaerythritol triacry-late).

M-3: "EPOXYESTER 70 PA", produced by Kyoei Yushi Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (main component:
propyleneglycol diglycidylether-acrylilc acid adduct).

M-4: "BISCOAT*3700", produced by Osaka Yuki Kagaku - Kogyo Co., Ltd. (main component: bis~1,5-pen-tanediol)phthalic anhydride-acrylic acid ester).

M-5: "EPOXYESTER BP-4PA", produced by Kyoei Yushi Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

M-6: "ARONIX 8100", produced by Toa Gosei Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (polyfunctional acrylic acid ester).

M-7: "BISCOAT 823", produced by Osaka Yuki Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (non-yellow discoloration type urethane acrylate 7 average molecular weight 1350).

M-8: R-526*, produced by Kyoei Yushi Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (polyester type diacrylate).

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M-10: SP-4010*, produced by Showa Kobunshi Co., Ltd.
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(Binders) B-l: "DELPET 80N", produced by Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha.

B-2: "STYRON*GP 683", produced by Asahl Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha.

B-3: ACRYPET , produced by Mitsubishi Rayon Co~, Ltd.

B-4: "DELPET*CR-l", produced by Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha.

B-5: "DELPET*70H", produced by Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha.

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Then, de~eloping was carried out with l,l,1-trichloro-ethane, followed by the pretreatments in the order of immersing in Neutraclean C (Shippley Far East Co., Ltd.) of 40 C for 3 minutes ~ washing with water -~ immersing in 20 ~ aqueous ammonium persulfate for 1 minute -~ washing with water ~ immersing in 20 % diluted sul.furic acid ..
for 2 minutes ~ washing with water. Subsequently, copper plating was conducted under the condition C shown in the note in Table 4 and then solder plating under the con-dition E. As the result, no ~low was seen on ~ine lines of the image. On this image was plastered Cellophane tape, and the tape was peeled off after sufficient ad-hesion under pressure with the result that there was no peel-off of the resist at all. Also, another substrate subjected to the same pre-treatments as described above was applied with copper plating according to the condition D and`E, followed ~urther by solder plating. This product was also free from peel-off of resist in the tape peeling test.

Comparative E~ample 1 Using a solution prepared according to the following composition, a laminate was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 (thickness o~ photopolymeri-zable layer: 40 ~m):
B-15 (prepared in Reference Example 15) 200 g Trimethylolpropane triacrylate 220 g Benzophenone. 8 g Mich~ër'.s~ketone 0.8 g Benzotriazole 0.8 g ~, :

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TestsNumber of holes broken Tenting I 8 Tenting II 15 Land I 40 Land II 52 Further, plating test was conducted similarly as in Example 18. As the result, the hardened photo-sensitive layer on both sides of the plated image was peeled off with widths of 0.1 - 0.5 mm.

Example 19 According to the same procedure as in Compara-tive Example 1, except that 140 g o trimethylolpropane triacrylate was replaced with C-l, a laminate was pre-pared. This laminate is called as L-l9.

Examples 20 - 35 Using the dry film resist laminates obtained in Examples 2, 4 through 17 and 19, the same plating operations as in Example 18 were repeated, and plating resistance of the resists was tested. The results are shown in Table 4. Plating pre-treatments, plating con-ditions and the results oE tape peeling tests are as described in the notes in Table 4.

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solution of L 5B* produced by Macdamid Co. at 40 C for 3 minutes, washed with water, immersed in an aqueous 15 %
ammonium persulfate solution for one minute, washéd with water, further immersed in 20 % dil. sulfuric acid for 2 minutes and washed with water.

Condition B~ After electrolytic defatting in an aqueous 5 ~ solution of "Okite*90"
produced by Diafloc Co. at a current density of 4A/dm2 at 50 C for 2 minutes, washed with water, immersed in an aqueous 15 % ammonium persulfate solution for one minute, further in -20 ~ dil. sulfuric acid for 2 minutes and washed with water.
(Plating conditions) Condition C: Plating is performed in a plating solution of "Copper sul~ate conc."
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b : On both sides of image line, some portions with width of 100-~m or less and length of l mm or less were peeled off.

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Platin~ condition Results of tape peeling test A-C-E Resist peeled off with width of 100~m - 200~m and length of 3-5 mm on both s.ides of image line B-C-E Resist peeled off with width of 150~m - 250~m and length of 4-10 mm on both sides of image line A-D-E Resist peeled off with width of ` 50~m - 150~m and length of 3-5 n~ on both sides of image line :, : . .
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Claims (14)

What we claim is:

1. A photopolymerizable laminate comprising a photopolymerizable layer and a support layer, said photo-polymerizable layer containing:

(1) 5 to 95 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a binder comprising a vinyl polymer or a vinyl copolymer, (2) 95 to 5 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a monomeric component containing at least 50 % by weight of at least one com-pound selected from the group consisting of the photo-polymerizable unsaturated compounds represented by the formulae (A), (B) and (C) shown below and having a value of molecular weight/number of double bonds contained of 1000 or less, and (3) 0.01 to 30 % by weight, based on the total weight of the photopolymerizable layer, of a photopoly-merization initiator, (A) (B) (C) wherein n is an integer of 0 or more;

m is an integer of 3 to 10;

R1 is hydrogen or methyl ;

X is a divalent C1-8 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, or , (where R3 is a C1-4 alkyl group, p is an integer of 1 to 10, q and r are each an integer of 1 to 4);

R2 is a C1-6 alkyl group or CH2-O-R4 (where R4 is phenyl, an aryl group or a C1-6 alkyl group);

Y is a divalent C2-16 hydrocarbon group;

Z is , , or (where t is an integer of 2 to 10, x is an integer of 1 to 30, Z1 is , , , and [where W1 is , or (W2 is a trivalent C3-l0 alkyl group)].

2. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein X is (k is an integer of 1 to 6).

3. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein Y is selected from (s is an integer of 2 to 8), , , and

4. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein R2 is an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

5. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 4, wherein R2 is methyl.

6. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein Z is or .

7. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein W1 is .

8. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein the photopolymerizable layer contains 20 to 80 % by weight of a vinyl polymer or a vinyl co-polymer, 80 to 20 % by weight of a monomeric component and 0.1 to 15 % by weight of a photopolymerization initiator.

9. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein the support layer is a transparent film which can substantially transmit active rays.

10. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein the support layer is a material which can be dissolved or dispersed in a solvent capable of dissolving or dispersing the photopolymerizable layer.

11. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein the photopolymerizable layer has a thickness of 5 µm to 150 µm.

12. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein the binder is a polymer or a copolymer of a monomer represented by the formula (D) shown below:

(D) wherein V1 is hydrogen or methyl, V2 is phenyl, , , Cl or vinyl (where R5 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms).

13. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein the binder has a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 500,000.

14. A photopolymerizable laminate according to Claim 1, wherein a protective layer exists on the surface of the photopolymerizable layer.