Provided is a polyfunctional compound which can be used as an optical recording material in which a large quantity of information data can be recorded optically at a high density, which can be used as an optical waveguide material using a refractive index difference occurring between a light-irradiated part and a part not irradiated with light, and which is capable of forming a film and can be used as a photo-alignment film material having excellent photosensitivity. The polyfunctional compound of the present invention includes a chemical structure represented by General Formula (1):
where: R
1
and R
2
each independently represent any of H, CH
3
, and Cl; X
1
to X
3
each independently represent any of —O—, —NH—, and —N(alkyl)-; A
1
to A
3
each independently represent a divalent connecting group; and L
1
to L
3
each independently represent any of a photoisomerization group, a liquid-crystal group, and H, and at least one of L
1
to L
3
represents a photoisomerization group.
提供的是一种多功能化合物,可用作光学记录材料,在其中可以以高密度光学记录大量信息数据,可用作光波导材料,利用光照射部分和未照射光的部分之间的折射率差异,还可以形成膜,并用作具有优异光敏性的光对准膜材料。本发明的多功能化合物包括由通式(1)表示的
化学结构:其中:R1和R2各自独立地表示H、
CH3和Cl中的任意一种;X1到X3各自独立地表示-O-、-NH-和-N(烷基)-中的任意一种;A1到A3各自独立地表示二价连接基;L1到L3各自独立地表示光异构化基团、
液晶基团和H中的任意一种,并且至少有一个L1到L3表示光异构化基团。