申请人:Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
公开号:US05708181A1
公开(公告)日:1998-01-13
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel compound which is suitably usable as a photochromic material. The compound of the present invention is a salt of a spiropyran compound and an acidic compound, the spiropyran compound being represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 means a C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a hydroxyethyl group, an acryloxyethyl group or a methacryloxyethyl group, R.sup.2 to R.sup.7 each mean a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl group or the like, R.sup.8 means a hydrogen atom, a vinyl group, a group --CH.sub.2 OR.sup.9 or a group --CH.sub.2 OCOC(R.sup.10).dbd.CH.sub.2 (wherein R.sup.9 means a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl group and R.sup.10 means a hydrogen atom or a methyl group), and X means an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
本发明的目的是提供一种新型化合物,该化合物适用于作为光致变色材料。本发明的化合物是一种螺环吲哚化合物和酸性化合物的盐,其中螺环吲哚化合物由下式表示:##STR1##其中R.sup.1表示C.sub.1到C.sub.20烷基,芳基烷基,羟乙基,丙烯酰氧乙基或甲基丙烯酰氧乙基;R.sup.2至R.sup.7分别表示氢原子,C.sub.1到C.sub.6烷基或类似物;R.sup.8表示氢原子,乙烯基,--CH.sub.2 OR.sup.9或--CH.sub.2 OCOC(R.sup.10).dbd.CH.sub.2(其中R.sup.9表示氢原子或C.sub.1到C.sub.4烷基,R.sup.10表示氢原子或甲基),X表示氧原子或硫原子。