Abstract: A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula: R1-[B]-[A]-O—CH2—R2—CH2—O-[C]-[D]-R3 (R1 is an organic group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, including a group in which a carbonyl carbon atom or nitrogen atom in an amide bond and an aromatic hydrocarbon are directly bonded; R2 is a perfluoropolyether chain; R3 is Formula (2); X1 is a hydrogen atom or an organic group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, including a group in which a carbonyl carbon atom or nitrogen atom in an amide bond and an aromatic hydrocarbon are directly bonded; [A] is Formula (3-1); [B] is Formula (3-2); [C] is Formula (4-1); [D] is Formula (4-2); and the number of hydroxyl groups in Formula (1) is 3 or more).

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by following formula: R1—R2—CH2—R3[—CH2—R4—CH2R3?]n—CH2—R5—R6 (n is 1 or 2; R3 and R3? are a perfluoropolyether chain; R4 is a divalent linking group having one polar group; R2 and R5 are a divalent linking group having one or more polar groups; R2 has an oxygen atom at an end that is bonded to R1; R5 has an oxygen atom at an end that is bonded to R6; R1 and R6 in end group bonded to an oxygen atom at an end of R2 or R5; and R1 and R6 are an organic group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, and at least one of them is a group in which a carbonyl carbon atom or nitrogen atom constituting an amide bond is bonded to a carbon atom of an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms).

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing ether compound that can form a lubricating layer which can increase chemical substance resistance of a magnetic recording medium even if the thickness is thin, and can be suitably used as a material for a lubricant for a magnetic recording medium. The fluorine-containing ether compound is represented by the following formula. R1—CH2—R2—CH2—OCH2—CHR3—CH2O—CH2—R4—CH2—R5 (in the formula, R2 and R4 are a perfluoropolyether chain; R1 and R5 are terminal groups which contain two or three hydroxyl groups, and in which respective hydroxyl groups are bonded to different carbon atoms, and carbon atoms to which the hydroxyl groups are bonded are bonded to each other via a linking group containing a carbon atom to which no hydroxyl group is bonded; R3 is represented by the following formula; and —(CH2)a—OH (a is an integer of 2 to 8)).

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by following formula. R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—CH2—R5—CH2—R6—CH2—R7 (R2, R4, and R6 are perfluoropolyether chains having the structure R3 and R5 are each independently a linking group containing one or more hydroxyl groups, and R1 and R7 are each independently Formula (2).) —O—CH2—CH(OH)—([D]—CH(OH))s-[E]-CH2OH??(2) (s is 0 or 1, [D] and [E] each independently is a chain structure consisting of a combination of 2 to 5 methylene groups and 1 oxygen atom or a chain structure consisting of 1 to 4 methylene groups, provided that, in case where s is 0 and [E] contains an oxygen atom, the number of methy ne groups contained in [E] is 3 or more).

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula. R1—CH2—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—CH2—R5—CH2—R6—CH2—R7 (In Formula (1), R2, R4, and R6 are perfluoropolyether chains, R3 is Formula (2), R5 is Formula (3), and R1 and R7 are each independently a terminal group having two or three polar groups, in which individual polar groups are bound to different carbon atoms and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bound are bound to each other via a linking group containing a carbon atom to which no polar group is bound).

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following Formula. R1-[B]-[A]-CH2—R2—CH2-[C]-[D]-R3 (R2 is a perfluoropolyether chain; [A] is Formula (2-1); [B] is Formula (2-2); [C] is Formula (3-1); [D] is Formula (3-2); R3 is Formula (4); and R1 is a terminal group.