Patent ID: 8383829

Claim:
An electrochromic compound represented by Formula (1), wherein R 1 is a para-hydroxy phenyl group which may have a substituent in addition to the para-hydroxy group; R 2 and R 3 are each a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X is N—R 4 , an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom; and R 4 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent; provided that at least one of R 1 -R 4 has a partial structure represented by Formula (2), —Si(Y) n R′ (3-n) Formula (2) wherein Y is a halogen atom or OR, R is selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, a t-butyl group, a pentyl group, a hexyl group, an octyl group, dodecyl group, a tridecyl group, a tetradecyl group, a pentadecyl group, a chloromethyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a trichloromethyl group, a tribromomethyl group, a pentafluoroethyl group, a methoxyethyl group a phenyl group, and a naphthyl group, p-tolyl group, a m-chlorophenyl group, and a o-hexadecanoyl aminophenyl group; R′ is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, and n is an integer of 1-3.