A natural component as initiator for photopolymerization of 1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate

1,3-Benzodioxole (BDO) as a simple model compound for the BDO derivatives from natural plant was used as coinitiator for p-chlorobenzophenone (CBP) and initiator for UV photopolymerization of 1,6-hexanedioldiacrylate (HDDA), respectively. The results showed that, BDO was an effective coinitiator for CBP. Although BDO as initiator led to very low rate of polymerization, it was still meaningful for the photocuring field.