Patent ID: 8841059

Claim:
A negative resist composition comprising: (A) a polyphenol compound comprising two or more phenolic hydroxyl groups in a molecule thereof and having a molecular weight of 300 to 3,000; (B) an acid generator which directly or indirectly produces acid by exposure to active energy rays having a wavelength of 248 nm or less; and (C) a crosslinking agent represented by the following chemical formula (1): wherein R a is an organic group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and P 1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, wherein R a of the chemical formula (1) is at least one selected from the group consisting of organic groups represented by the following chemical formulae (a) to (d): wherein each R b is independently an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and each R c is independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms;