Patent TW-360865-B (TW)
Title: Optical recording medium
Inventor: MISAWA TSUTAMI
IPC: G11B7/246
Filed: 1997-07-23
Granted: 1999-06-11
Abstract: An optical recording medium having at least a recording layer and a reflective layer on a substrate. The recording layer contains a dipyrromethene metal chelate compound obtained from a dipyrromethene compound represented by the general formula (1) and a metal ion, wherein R1 to R7 are defined in the specification. An optical recording medium having at least a recording layer and a reflective layer on a substrate, said recording layer containing a dipyrromethene metal chelate compound represented by formula (1), wherein R1 to R7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group, cyano group, hydroxyl group, amino group, carboxyl group, sulfonic acid group, alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkoxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylaminocarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, dialkylaminocarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylcarbonylamino group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, phenylcarbonylamino group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, phenylaminocarbonyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, phenoxycarbonyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, heteroaryl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, phenylthio group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, alkenyloxycarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, aralkyloxycarbonyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonylalkoxycarbonyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylcarbonylalkoxycarbonyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, mono(hydroxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, di(hydroxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, mono(alkoxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or di(alkyoxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 and/or R5 and R6 may bond to each other to form an aromatic ring fused to a pyrrole ring; and the fused aromatic rings formed by these groups may be the same or different and are represented by formula (a), wherein R8 to R11 are each independently a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group, cyano group, hydroxyl group, amino group, carboxyl group, sulfonic acid group, alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, halogenoalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkoxy group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, aryloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylaminocarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, dialkylaminocarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylcarbonylamino group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, phenylcarbonylamino group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, phenylaminocarbonylamino group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, phenoxycarbonyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, aralkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, heteroaryl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, phenylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkenyloxycarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, aralkyloxycarbonyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonylalkoxycarbonyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, alkylcarbonylalkoxycarbonyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, mono(hydroxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, di(hydroxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, mono(alkoxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or di(alkoxyalkyl)aminocarbonyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms; R10 and R11 may bond to each other to form an aromatic ring; and M is a transition metal.