Dispersion, ink jet recording method, recorded material, and compound

A recorded material comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• a near infrared absorbing image disposed on the substrate,
• wherein the near infrared absorbing image includes a colorant represented by the following Formula 1, and
• an absorption maximum of the near infrared absorbing image is in a range of 700 nm to 1,200 nm,
• in Formula 1, L1 represents a methine chain consisting of 5 or 7 methine groups, a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a substituent represented by the following Formula A,
• R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group, and
• X's each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a selenium atom, and
• *-SA-TA Formula A
• in Formula A, SA represents a single bond, an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkynylene group, —O—, —S—, —NRL1—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NRL1—, —S(═O)2—, —ORL2—, or a group including a combination of at least two thereof, RL1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group, RL2 represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, or a divalent heterocyclic group, TA represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a formyl group, a carboxy group, a thiol group, a sulfo group, a phosphoryl group, a boryl group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a trialkylsilyl group, or a trialkoxysilyl group, and * represents a binding site to the methine group at the center of the methine chain.

A compound represented by the following Formula 1,

• in Formula 1, L1 represents a methine chain consisting of 5 or 7 methine groups,
• a methine group at a center of the methine chain has a substituent represented by the following Formula A,
• R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group, and
• X's each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a selenium atom, and
• *-SA-TA Formula A
• in Formula A, SA represents a single bond, an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkynylene group, —O—, —S—, —NRL1—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NRL1—, —S(═O)2—, —ORL2—, or a group including a combination of at least two thereof,
• RL1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a monovalent heterocyclic group,
• RL2 represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, or a divalent heterocyclic group,
• TA represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a formyl group, a carboxy group, a thiol group, a sulfo group, a phosphoryl group, a boryl group, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, a trialkylsilyl group, or a trialkoxysilyl group, and
• * represents a binding site to the methine group at the center of the methine chain.