Patent ID: 8202445

Claim:
A metal polishing composition that is used in chemical mechanical polishing in production of a semiconductor device, the metal polishing composition comprising at least the following respective components (1) to (3): (1) an oxidizing agent, (2) an abrasive grain, and (3) at least one compound selected from a compound represented by the following formula (I) and a compound represented by the following formula (II): wherein, in formula (I), R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Ph represents a phenyl ring, and a substituent group, other than R 1 and the carboxyl group at 2-position, is optionally bonded to the indole skeleton; and wherein, in formula (II), R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, Ph represents a phenyl ring, and a substituent group, other than R 2 and the carboxyl group at 3-position, is optionally bonded to the indazole skeleton.