Photoresponsive compound
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsYukiko Nakai, Kouji Sugama, Haruo Horiguchi, Kazuaki Nakamura, Toyoko Shibata
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Abstract
Provided is a compound that is fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized, and is not significantly colored. Provided is a photoresponsive compound represented by the following general formula (1), the photoresponsive compound being fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized: R1—Z1═Z2—R2 General formula (1) wherein Z1 and Z2 are N or CH, while Z1≠Z2, R1 contains an aromatic hydrocarbon structure, R2 contains an aromatic heterocyclic structure, and a hydrogen atom is bonded to at least one carbon atom bonded adjacent to a carbon atom in the aromatic heterocyclic structure bonded to the Z2.
Claims15
A photoresponsive compound represented by the following general formula (1), the photoresponsive compound being fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized:
- R1—Z1═Z2—R2 General formula (1)
- wherein Z1 is N, and Z2 is CH,
- R1 contains an aromatic hydrocarbon structure,
- R2 contains an aromatic heterocyclic structure,
- a hydrogen atom is bonded to at least one carbon atom bonded adjacent to a carbon atom in the aromatic heterocyclic structure bonded to the Z2, and
- R2 is represented by the following formula:
- wherein Rc is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.