Patent ID: 8906519

Claim:
An oligoaniline compound, characterized by being represented by the formula (1) wherein R 1 to R 10 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a silanol group, a thiol group, a carboxyl group, a phosphate group, a phosphoric acid ester group, an ester group, a thioester group, an amide group, a nitro group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, an organoxy group, an organoamino group, an organosilyl group, an organothio group, an acyl group or a sulfone group, m and n are independently an integer of 1 or over provided that 4≦m+n≦20 is satisfied, and X represents any of groups represented by the following formulas (5) to (14), (14-1), (14-2), and (15) to (21) wherein R 1 to R 10 , respectively, have the same meanings as defined above, R 21 to R 52 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a silanol group, a thiol group, a carboxyl group, a phosphate group, a phosphoric acid ester group, an ester group, a thioester group, an amide group, a nitro group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, an organoxy group, an organoamino group, an organosilyl group, an organothio group, an acyl group or a sulfone group, p and q are independently an integer of 1 or over provided that p≦20 and q≦20 are satisfied, W 1 s independently represent —(CR 1 R 2 ) p —, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —S(O) 2 —, —C(O)—, —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, —C(S)O—, —OC(S)—, —C(O)NR 1 —, —NR 1 C(O)—, —O—(CR 1 R 2 ) p —O—, —C(O)O—(CR 1 R 2 ) p —OC(O)—, —O—Si(CR 1 R 2 ) 2 —O—, wherein R 1 , R 2 and p, respectively, have the same meanings as defined above, a group represented by the following formula (22), or a group represented by the following formula (23) wherein R 1 to R 5 , p and q, respectively, have the same meanings as defined above.