To provide a dye to be used for an optical recording medium excellent in both high speed recording characteristics and reproduction durability.
A dye having an azo compound represented by the following formula coordinated to a metal ion:
wherein the ring A represents a nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic ring containing a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom; X represents C-R1R2, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or N-R3, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 which are independent of one another, represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a linear or branched alkenyl group, an aryl group or an acyl group represented by -COR4, wherein R4 is a hydrocarbon group or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted; and the benzene ring B represents a benzene ring which may have a substituent(s), provided that adjacent substituents in the benzene ring B may be mutually bonded to form a ring.
提供一种在高速记录特性和再现耐久性方面都非常出色的用于光学记录介质的
染料。
一种
染料具有与
金属离子配位的下式所代表的偶氮化合物:
其中环 A 代表含有一个碳原子和一个氮原子的含氮杂芳香环;X 代表 C-R1R2、氧原子、
硫原子或 N-R3,其中 R1、R2 和 R3 各自相互独立,代表氢原子、直链或支链烷基、芳烷基、环烷基、直链或支链烯基、芳基或由 -COR4 代表的酰基,其中 R4 是烃基或可被取代的杂环基;苯环 B 代表可具有取代基的苯环,条件是苯环 B 中的相邻取代基可相互结合形成环。