| 1. A process for synthesizing a trisaryl triazine compound comprising reacting a cyanuric halide of Formula V:
where each X is independently a halide such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, with a compound of Formula II:
wherein R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, haloalkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms,
aryl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms, acyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 7 to 24 carbon atoms,
aracyl of 6 to 24 carbon atoms, OR, NRR′, CONRR′, OCOR, CN, SR, SO2R, SO3H, SO3M, wherein M is an alkali metal, R and R1 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, haloalkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, aryl of
6 to 24 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2 to 24 carbon atoms, acyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, cycloacyl
of 5 to 24 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 7 to 24 carbon atoms, or aracyl of 6 to 24 carbons atoms, and optionally with either of
R6 and R7, R7 and R8, R8 and R9, or R9 and R10, taken together being a part of a saturated or unsaturated fused carbocyclic ring optionally containing O, N, or S atoms
in the ring, in the presence of at least one solvent and a reaction facilitator comprising at least one Lewis acid and at
least one reaction promoter, for a sufficient time, at a suitable temperature and pressure to form the trisaryl triazine compound,
with the proviso that the reaction promoter is different than the compound of Formula II.
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