As highly reactive acylphosphine oxide‐based photoinitiators (PIs) are limited in the application for dental materials by their absorption behavior, we were interested to prepare acylgermane 1 . UV‐Vis absorption maximum of the important n–π* transition was red shifted about 30 nm compared to monoacylphosphine oxides. Photo‐DSC results with a dental LED lamp showed nearly the same reactivity for 1 compared to camphorquinone (CQ), while monoacylphosphine oxides are not reactive. In broadband irradiation experiments, significantly higher reactivity compared to CQ was found. Application‐oriented tests showed sufficient storage stability of the formulation and excellent photobleaching behavior.
