An object of the present invention is to provide an optical recording medium that is excellent in recording and reading-out characteristics in the case of using a shortwave semiconductor laser and is good in light resistance and durability. A metal-containing azo compound comprising an azo compound represented by the following general formula [I] and at least one metal salt:
General formula [I]
1
wherein X is a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a sufonamide group, a carbonylamide group or an amino group, R
1
and R
2
are independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted and linear or branched alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted and unsaturated hydrocarbon, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, or an alkoxy group, each of R
3
, R
4
, R
5
, R
6
, R
7
and R
8
is a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group which may have one or more substituents, a linear or branched and unsaturated hydrocarbon which may have one or more substituents, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom or a cyano group, and a combination of R
1
and R
2
or a combination of R
6
and R
7
may form a ring through a connecting group.
本发明的目的是提供一种光学记录介质,在使用短波半导体激光器的情况下,该介质具有优异的记录和读出特性,并且具有良好的耐光性和耐久性。一种含
金属的偶氮化合物,由以下通式[I]代表的偶氮化合物和至少一种
金属盐组成:
通式[I]
1
其中 X 是羟基、羧基、磺酰胺基、羰基酰胺基或
氨基,R
1
和 R
2
独立地为氢原子、取代或未取代的直链或支链烷基、取代或未取代的不饱和烃基、取代或未取代的芳香环或烷氧基,每个 R
3
, R
4
, R
5
, R
6
, R
7
和 R
8
是氢原子、可带有一个或多个取代基的直链或支链烷基、可带有一个或多个取代基的直链或支链不饱和烃、取代或未取代的芳香环、烷氧基、卤素原子或
氰基,以及 R 1、R 7 和 R 8 的组合。
1
和 R
2
或 R
6
和 R
7
可通过连接基团形成一个环。