Patent ID: 7863455

Claim:
A ferrocene compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein A represents a divalent ferrocene-containing linker represented by the following formula (VI): wherein R 1 and R 3 represent a hydrogen atom or alkyl; j and k represent the same or different integer of from 0 to 5, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl; n and m represent natural numbers; and wherein each of V 2 to V n+1 and each of X 2 to X m+1 is independently represented by the following formula (II) or (II-1): wherein each of V 1 and X 1 is represented by the formula (II), W represents the following formula (III): wherein U in the formulae (II) and (III) represents a nitrogen atom, methine or hydroxymethine; and Z represents the following formulae (IV) or (V): and both ends of each of V n and X m in the formula (I) form a (â€”COâ€”NHâ€”) bond except that a bond on the side of the ferrocene-containing linker of V 1 is (â€”COâ€”NR 2 â€”).