LIGHT-ABSORBING COMPOUND AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING SAME

摘要

The present invention provides a light-absorbing compound represented by the formula (I): Dye-(OR1)(OR2)(OR3) ??? (ORn) (I) wherein Dye is a light-absorbing compound residue having at least one aromatic ring; OR1 to ORn are substituents on the aromatic ring, and are independently (a) substituted or unsubstituted saturated hydrocarbonoxy groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or (b) substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated hydrocarbonoxy groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and at least one of OR1 to ORn is an unsaturated hydrocarbonoxy group; and n is a value of from 1 to 10. The present invention also provides an optical recording medium containing the above-mentioned light-absorbing compound in a recording layer.