Patent ID: 8357770

Claim:
An oligoaniline compound, characterized by being represented by the formula (1), (2), (3) or (4) wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl 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 organosilyl group, an organothio group, an acyl group, or a sulfone group, R 3 to R 20 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, n, l and k are, respectively, such integers that 1≦m≦20, 1≦n≦20, 1≦l≦20 and 1≦k≦20 are satisfied, in formulas (1), (3), and (4), X represents a fluorinated aryl group, and in formula (2), X′ represents a fluorinated aryl group wherein the aryl group is biphenyl, binaphthyl, naphthyl, anthracene, naphthacene, terphenyl, tetraphenyl, pyridyl, bipyridyl, thiophene, bithiophene, pyrrole, bipyrrole, furan, bifuran, carbazole, phenanthroline, pyrene, quinoline, isoquinoline, pyridazine, pyrimidine, purine, acridine, pyrazine, quinoxaline, quinazoline, phthalazine, indole, benzofuran, benzothiophene, pyrazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, indazole, benzoisoxazole, benzisothiazole, imidazole, oxazole, thiazole, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, and benzthiazole.