Abstract: A compound comprising a ring structure including a ring composed of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted amino group bonded to the ring structure.

Abstract: An optical recording medium containing one or more compounds selected from imide compounds having a metallocene residue in a recording layer and an imide compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein a ring AR represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring residue or a residue formed by combining two or more aromatic ring residues via one or more linking groups; n represents the number of imide groups bonded to the ring AR; Am represents any one of substituents A1 to An bonded to a nitrogen atom of each imide group; and m represents an integer of from 1 to n, with the proviso that at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of A1 to An is one having at least one substituted or unsubstituted metallocene residue.

Abstract: An optical recording medium containing one or more compounds selected from imide compounds having a metallocene residue in a recording layer and an imide compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein a ring AR represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring residue or a residue formed by combining two or more aromatic ring residues via one or more linking groups; n represents the number of imide groups bonded to the ring AR; Am represents any one of substituents A1 to An bonded to a nitrogen atom of each imide group; and m represents an integer of from 1 to n, with the proviso that at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of A1 to An is one having at least one substituted or unsubstituted metallocene residue.

Abstract: An optical recording medium containing one or more compounds selected from imide compounds having a metallocene residue in a recording layer and an imide compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein a ring AR represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring residue or a residue formed by combining two or more aromatic ring residues via one or more linking groups; n represents the number of imide groups bonded to the ring AR; Am represents any one of substituents A1 to An bonded to a nitrogen atom of each imide group; and m represents an integer of from 1 to n, with the proviso that at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of A1 to An is one having at least one substituted or unsubstituted metallocene residue.

Abstract: An optical recording medium wherein the percentage change (|[a2?a1]/a1|×100) of the recording layer thickness (a2) at the recorded site of recording layer (A) after recorded with laser light compared with the recording layer thickness (a1) at unrecorded site of said recording layer (A) is less than 25% and the amount of change (|a2?a1|) of the recording layer thickness (a2) at recorded site of said recording layer (A) after recorded with laser light compared with the recording layer thickness (a1) at unrecorded site of said recording layer (A) is controlled to be less than 15 nm. The optical recording medium can enable recording and playback with high quality using laser of 300 nm to 900 nm. Also provided is a compound comprising a six-membered ring structure composed of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms and a bonded substituted or unsubstituted amino group.

Abstract: An optical recording medium containing one or more compounds selected from imide compounds having a metallocene residue in a recording layer and an imide compound represented by a general formula (1): wherein a ring AR represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring residue or a residue formed by combining two or more aromatic ring residues via one or more linking groups; n represents the number of imide groups bonded to the ring AR; Am represents any one of substituents A1 to An bonded to a nitrogen atom of each imide group; and m represents an integer of from 1 to n, with the proviso that at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of A1 to An is one having at least one substituted or unsubstituted metallocene residue.