Optical element, material, optical apparatus and compound

A material comprising a polymer obtained by subjecting a compound represented by general formula (1) to homopolymerization or copolymerization:

• wherein, in the general formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the alkylene group having a polymerizable functional group, and R3 to R12 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having a polymerizable functional group, and a polymerizable functional group, provided that at least one of R3 to R12 represents an electron-withdrawing group, and at least one of R1 to R12 has a polymerizable functional group.

A compound represented by general formula (1):

• wherein, in the general formula (1), R1 and R12 are each independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, the alkylene group having a polymerizable functional group, and R3 to R12 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having a polymerizable functional group, and a polymerizable functional group, provided that at least one of R3 to R12 represents an electron-withdrawing group, and at least one of R1 to R12 has a polymerizable functional group.